Richard Nixon: “I was determined to end the logjam of power in an ever centralizing Washington bureaucracy and to strengthen government…”

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace…