Richard Nixon: “This Administration has declared all-out, global war on the drug menace.”

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.