Gerald Ford actually said...

If our studies show that development cannot occur in a particular area without unacceptable risk, then we will not hold a lease sale.

Remarks at a Meeting With Coastal State Governors on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Development

11/12/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

This is performance, not promise.

The American people feel good about themselves and about their country.

We can ensure that government will again be the capable servant, not the meddling master of the American people.

The personal relationship, the relationship on a bilateral basis between your country and mine, couldn't be better.