Richard Nixon actually said...

If the Government is to allow scholars and the general public the access to the material which they deserve, it is important that we begin now.

Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Urging Congressional Approval of Funds for Declassification of World...

08/02/1971

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As the nation's first citizen, the President should be the chief patron of citizen efforts.

The problem lies not with the American people, but with a government that has lost touch with the people.

The present Administration has been so transfixed by Federal power that it has ignored the power of people.

These years of turmoil have shocked Americans into a recognition of how enormous are the social tasks ahead of us, and how urgent.