Richard Nixon: “I believe, as I stand here today, that we can bring about a durable peace in our time.”

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.