Gerald Ford actually said...

I decided at that time that the decisions I would make in the months to follow would be decisions that would not be related to politics but ...

I had faith that America would work its way out of its economic difficulties rather than trying to spend its way out of its difficulties.

And Betty and I will never let you down in the next 4 years.

I want the American people to keep more of the money that they work so hard to earn.