Richard Nixon actually said...

The American Legion took the side of a strong national defense, as it always has.

I am grateful for that, and I express my appreciation to all the members of the American Legion for that support in that period.

I urge you to continue to support whoever is the President of the United States, whatever his party, in the cause of the United States maint...

We maintain that [applause]---And we must maintain that force not because we want war, but because in the truest sense of the word in peacet...