Gerald Ford actually said...

I view favorably this voluntary action of the Civil Service Commissioners.

Letter to President Mortimer M. Caplin of the National Civil Service League on the Civil Service Merit System.

02/26/1975

More Gerald Ford Quotes

We certainly are.

It may sound awfully trite, but we have been letting Uncle Sam do it far, far too long.

As President, I'm constantly aware that the ultimate authority of our Republic is not in the White House; it is in the people.

I will secure that peace through strength and through perseverance and leave that legacy of peace for our children and for their children.