Richard Nixon: “America verges upon the decade of the 70's, and we must make this a period of unmatched progress for agriculture.”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

I have never been a quitter.

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

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.