Gerald Ford actually said...

"I decided that we could not afford in America an extended period of continued turmoil."

"It would mean a Congress that would spend more and more--and I repeatedly alerted people around the country that if we had a veto-proof Congress, they better tighten their seat belts because they were..."

"We must maintain our own strength and help our allies who are trying to retain the gains that were made in Vietnam and elsewhere in the Pacific."

"We have peace at the present time."