Richard Nixon: “Fine. Well, this is our first official meeting since he was nominated, and I thought you would kind of like to cover it.”

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

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 do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.