Gerald Ford

You know what to do to improve your cities and you know how to do it.

I think the Congress ought to increase that to $150,000.

I think the small family farmer is better off today than he has been in the past.

It is very simple--extend the proven general revenue sharing program, which expires December 31, 1976.

I have the greatest confidence in him as our new Ambassador to the United Nations.

I am grateful that our Nation will have such an able spokesman.

I will run on my own record and not be concerned about these last-minute allegations.

I have full faith in Bo Callaway.

I am likewise determined to cooperate with North Carolina to move the decision-making process back to the people here in North Carolina and in the other 49 States.

I think we had a good foreign policy. We are at peace.

America is strong today, and it is going to stay strong for our national security.

I believe in capital punishment for very clearly defined criminal acts.

This process undermines the individual resourcefulness and pride.

Thank you very, very much, Governor Jim Holshouser, Congressman Rich Preyer, distinguished mayors, reverend clergy, Director Everhardt, Mr. Froelich, ladies and gentlemen:

I believe in this country.

I can say without qualification the patriotism, the dedication, and the willpower of the Thirteen Original States still burns brightly throughout the Old North State.

I am convinced that our Nuclear Regulatory Agency are doing everything possible to increase the safety.

Americans dared to challenge the oppression of a distant and unresponsive government that tried to govern without the consent of the governed.

We have not promised more than we can deliver, and we have delivered everything that we promised.

I pledged that I would never transfer serious problems from the Federal Government to State governments or to local governments without regard for human needs or fiscal realities.

Secretary Kissinger has done a fine job.

North Carolina provides us with a showcase of progress.

The United States is second to none militarily now.

I will do all that I can to see that government regulations and redtape do not enslave free enterprise and personal freedom in America.

All of us who come from the other 48 States are deeply indebted to the heroism and the accomplishments of those who fought in this battle 195 years ago.