The President's News Conference
05/07/1970
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The judgments of history can bestow no honor greater than the title of peacemaker.
America today cannot afford vest-pocket government, no matter who wears the vest.
The days of a passive Presidency belong to a simpler past.
Greatness comes from stepping up to events, not from sitting on the sidelines while history is made by others.