Gerald Ford actually said...

Our country and all mankind will always need people like you whose energy, whose imagination reveal our country's greatest potential.

Remarks Upon Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom

01/09/1977

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It is a very worthwhile effort.

I envision the development of more than 250 major new coal mines in the next decade.

This has been a good day for all Americans.

We cannot afford to lose a single life in the mines.