Richard Nixon actually said...

As this administration's actions have proved, we are determined to slow down the rise in prices, which imposes too great a hardship on too m...

I am issuing today the latest revisions of the budget for the fiscal years 1970 and 1971, as prepared for me by the Bureau of the Budget.

As I anticipated, price increases are beginning to slow down; as I forewarned, this has been accompanied by 'slowing pains.'

Progress is being made toward that goal.