Richard Nixon: “I wish I could report that we had produced a magic formula that would end crime and sweep away despair overnight.”

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

My mother was a saint.