His powerful leadership by example helped to keep steel in America's backbone, and the flame of freedom in America's soul.

In keeping with tradition, I am proclaiming the week of May 14 as Small Business Week.

If the Congress approves my recommendations for reforming and expanding social security and other income maintenance programs, the income of older Americans would be increased by some $5.5 billion annually.

As you have very well pointed out, while we have been friends and are friends, while we have a great unguarded boundary, we have differences: We have differences in forms of government, we are competitive economically in many areas, and we…

Proposals, no matter how attractive, must be paid for, and when spending is proposed that takes us beyond full employment balance, that payment must either be in the form of new taxes or rising prices.

We can now confidently say that 1971 is ending on a most encouraging economic note and that 1972 will begin as a year of great economic promise.

Already, the stimulative effect of our new economic policies has been evident.

Ladies and gentlemen: It is my very great privilege to announce on behalf of the Finance Ministers and the other representatives of the ten countries involved, the conclusion of the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the…

It means an average saving of $200 for every new car buyer--a fact which has already produced a gratifying upsurge in auto sales, and has thus provided a major stimulus to the economy as a whole.

Increased productivity will also provide a basis for wage increases not offset by price increases-an increase in our real standard of living.

I think corn prices are too low.

It is not reasonable or responsible to make national policy in a way that sees the American labor force as somehow distinct from the larger American society.

The price freeze was successful.

We believe we can have freedom and have that freedom without the irresponsibility of inflation.

It is a test of our ability to root out inflation without consigning our free economy to the stagnation of unemployment.

We have been particularly concerned with increases in the costs of construction.

The restraint of 1969 and the slowdown of 1970 have set in motion strenuous efforts at cost reduction.

My administration acted promptly to move us out of that war and cool the superheated economy.