Richard Nixon: “This Nation may stand on the threshold of one of the greatest triumphs in human history—the conquest of cancer.”

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

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

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.