Richard Nixon: “Many of our State and local governments today are in serious financial difficulty.”

I have never been a quitter.

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.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.