Richard Nixon: “We are also ready for Americans to go there, Americans in all walks of life.”

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.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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.