Gerald Ford actually said...

"There are few men in the United States Congress that I have known longer or respected more than the man that all of us honor here on this occasion today."

"His expert and incisive commentary on the major issues of his time was his trademark."

"MRS. FORD and I join with the people of New York State and with all Americans who cherish a free and vigorous press in mourning the passing of Franklin Rockefeller Little."

"An outstanding public servant, a man who never lost the reporter's instinct for news, Franklin Little has left a great void in his own profession and in the State and Nation he served with such distin..."