Richard Nixon: “The criminal, too, is an individual who must be rehabilitated and given the opportunity for a truly constructive life.”

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.

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

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

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.