Richard Nixon: “As of the present time, and considering our present evaluation, the recent reports do not indicate a significant shift…”

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.

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

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

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