Richard Nixon actually said...
Its funding at $38,200,000 in fiscal year 1973 was nearly a third more than the previous year, and with these additional monies the Endowment was able to continue and expand critically important support for our orchestras, operas, theatres, dance companies, and museums as well as encourage our artists, and open new opportunities for talented young actors and performers.
Context
Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Council on the Arts.
04/21/1974