Richard Nixon actually said...

My recommendation to the Congress for an emergency windfall profits tax is designed to give that assurance.

Statement Proposing Enactment of an Emergency Windfall Profits Tax.

12/18/1973

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I have pledged to hold the line on taxes in 1973 and throughout my second term as President, assuming cooperation from the Congress.

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