Richard Nixon: “I am proposing the re-institution of the death penalty for war-related treason, sabotage, and espionage.”

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

We will see you again.

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.

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.