Richard Nixon: “We're going to give them the fight of their lives here in Massachusetts.”

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.

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

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.