Gerald Ford actually said...

Americans dared to challenge the oppression of a distant and unresponsive government that tried to govern without the consent of the governed.

Remarks in Guilford, North Carolina

03/12/1976

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Coal is the one abundant energy source over which the United States has total control.

I AM withholding my approval from H.R. 8193, the Energy Transportation Security Act of 1974.

The nation's most precious resource is our children.

In my judgment, the most significant reasons why such coal losses cannot be accepted are as follows: