Richard Nixon actually said...

For the sake of the career employees within the Government and the quality of management which we need within the Executive Branch, I urge the Congress to give this proposal its swift approval.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Proposing Salary Increases in the Executive Schedule

05/06/1974

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