Richard Nixon: “I am going to put some of the finishing touches on my Vietnam speech this afternoon on the plane, and tomorrow.”

My mother was a saint.

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

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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.