Richard Nixon actually said...

I have determined that this action is necessary to stabilize the economy, reduce inflation, minimize unemployment, improve the Nation's competitive position in world trade and protect the purchasing power of the dollar.

Context

Executive Order 11730—Further Providing for the Stabilization of the Economy

07/17/1973

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