Richard Nixon: “This is the second opportunity I have had during my Administration to sign into effect an increase in disabled veterans…”

My mother was a saint.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.