Richard Nixon actually said...

Nothing in this order shall be construed as subjecting any Federal agency or officer, or any function vested by law in, or assigned pursuant...

Those who participated in it deserve our commendation.

Accordingly, I have asked that such a study be carried out and that its recommendations be given to me by December 31, 1970.

It was Jefferson, I think, who perhaps made the most cogent comment about the relationship between press and the Government.