Richard Nixon actually said...

We are tremendously proud of you, and confident in your abilities.

While those men went under the patronage of individual monarchs, our men go for the American people and, in a larger sense, for all mankind.

I wish them Godspeed, as do all Americans, and all of us here on earth.

As you undertake your intrepid journey on Apollo 14, the thoughts and best wishes of all Americans are with you.