Richard Nixon: “First, because America is and always has been a nation of nations.”

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

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.

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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