Gerald Ford actually said...

"I think history shows that before Plymouth Rock there were Spanish-speaking individuals who had made settlements in not only Florida but New Mexico and Puerto Rico and possibly California."

"I believe in being an optimist, and I think that attitude is helpful and beneficial as we face some of the difficult problems and the hard decisions ahead."

"I think it illustrates the fact that Spanish-speaking Americans were in the very vanguard of the settlement of the new world."

"The overall growth in traffic fatalities is attributable to motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle accidents."