Gerald Ford actually said...

It was not a revolution to tear down what the colonists had, but to preserve the freedoms.

Remarks at a Dinner Concluding the Reconvening of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

09/05/1974

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I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Lowell W. Perry.

International cooperation that assures mutual respect among nations is more essential than ever.

We recognize that every State has the right to adopt its own system of government and its own economic and social organization.

There is no reason we cannot conquer the last vestiges of poverty in a hemisphere which is so richly endowed.