Richard Nixon actually said...

The task of cleaning up our environment calls for a total effort by ourselves and by our next generation.

Remarks on Transmitting a Special Message to the Congress on Environmental Quality.

02/09/1970

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I said that we would end our involvement in Vietnam.

We are also ready for Americans to go there, Americans in all walks of life.

Our goal, however, is a total withdrawal.

The date, let me say, cannot and must not be related to an election in the United States.