Richard Nixon: “The people deserve a more responsive and more effective Government.”

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

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.

A strong America is essential to maintaining world peace.

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