Richard Nixon actually said...

I do further appoint Thursday, January 25, 1973 to be a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States.

Proclamation 4180—Announcing the Death of Lyndon Baines Johnson

01/22/1973

More Richard Nixon Quotes

We have been, we continue to be, willing to pay the price for peace.

I do not believe that peace will suddenly descend upon us like the answer to a prayer.

I am very proud of the fact that he ended up in the top 10 percent of his class.

For this reason we have accepted the necessity of war.