Richard Nixon: “The free world must act to maintain a balance of power to remove the confidence of would-be aggressors.”

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.