Richard Nixon actually said...

Mrs. Nixon and I join his family and the Nation at large in mourning the passing of this gifted American.

As you return to private life, I am sure that each and every one of your many friends and associates here would want to join me in thanking ...

Few men have given so much and so willingly to their country as you have for the past thirty-five months--and few have discharged their resp...

Your wise counsel in vitally important national security questions has been of immense value to Mel Laird and to me, and I want you to know ...