Gerald Ford actually said...

The overriding need of the nation at present is clearly to dampen the fires of inflation.

Message to the Congress on Federal Civilian and Military Pay Increases

10/06/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

We have campaigned the length and the breadth of this country, and the net result is we have the momentum going.

Slowly but surely, there was this restoration of confidence in America.

I have no fear for the future of America.

Not a single young American is fighting or dying on foreign soil today, and we are proud of it.