Richard Nixon actually said...

Let us remember that unless America, at this time in history, accepts the responsibility to lead for peace, we may not have it in the world.

Remarks at the Lighting of the Nation's Christmas Tree.

12/13/1973

More Richard Nixon Quotes

A budget must be a blueprint for the future.

The budget I send to you today--the first for which I bear full responsibility as President--fulfills that pledge.

I have pledged to the American people that I would submit a balanced budget for 1971.

The need to choose among alternative uses of our resources is a basic fact of budgetary life.