Richard Nixon: “I can assure all of the people who live in the stricken areas that full Federal assistance will be provided as long as…”

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

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

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.

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