Richard Nixon: “What people do in their individual capacity is what makes America great.”

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

I have never been a quitter.

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.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.