Richard Nixon: “On that score, let me just speak as a layman.”

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

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

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.