Richard Nixon: “I remain just as committed to the attack on cancer as I was when I signed the original legislation on December 23, 1971.”

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

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

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

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.