Richard Nixon: “Vietnam has been a profoundly sobering lesson in the limits of U.S. power.”

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

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

As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace…

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.