Richard Nixon: “One of the chief aims of this administration is to help in matching up the willing hands with the tasks that need doing.”

Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty.

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

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.

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