Gerald Ford actually said...

The one thing that I learned in the hard contest once every 2 years is that prospects for victory are seldom so bleak or so good as they seem.

Remarks at the Annual Republican Party Senate-House Fundraising Dinner

04/14/1975

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I consider them as valid today as when I first announced them.

You have my sincere thanks and deep appreciation for your years of service to our Nation.

These first few decisions do not end the unfinished business of clemency, but the task of formal forgiveness is underway.

You will be greatly missed at the White House.