Gerald Ford actually said...

"After so many years of runaway growth in Federal spending, I submitted a budget last January in which I cut the rate of growth in Federal spending by over half."

"It is essential to our security to go forward with the production of this new aircraft, which has met and surpassed every test to date."

"My idea of tax reform is tax reduction-tax reduction for the shortchanged, middle-income taxpayer."

"We are going to approach the problem on the one hand to increase consumer purchasing power at the Federal level and, at the same time, create tax incentives for business to provide more jobs."