Richard Nixon

That is the purpose of our meeting today—peace at home, peace in the world—and we know that our talks will contribute to that great goal.

The price of heroin had gone up, and that the quality had gone down.

A program of law enforcement alone is not enough.

When they support a bill, they get a pen.

We must wage what I have called total war against public enemy number one in the United States: the problem of dangerous drugs

I consider this to be the number one domestic problem that concerns the American people

Equal rights for women warrant a Constitutional guarantee

I therefore continue to favor the enactment of the Constitutional Amendment to achieve this goal

The Equal Educational Opportunities Act I have proposed reflects a serious and wide-ranging process of consultation-drawing upon the knowledge and experience of legislators, Constitutional scholars, educators and government administrators.

Drawing on the lessons of experience, we must provide the courts with a new framework of reference and remedies.

The Supreme Court has also recognized this problem.

For most Americans, the school bus used to be a symbol of hope--of better education.

DENIAL OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: THE REMEDIES

The Congress has both the Constitutional authority and a special capability to debate and define new methods for implementing Constitutional principles.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution-under which the school desegregation cases have arisen--provides that 'The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'

If we are to be realists, we must recognize that in a free society there are limits to the amount of Government coercion that can reasonably be used.

The Equal Educational Opportunities Act that I propose today draws on that experience, and is designed to give the courts a new and broader base on which to decide future cases, and to place the emphasis where it belongs: on better…

Children in many instances have not been served, but used--in what all too often has proved a tragically futile effort to achieve in the schools the kind of multiracial society which the adult community has failed to achieve for itself.

Mrs. Nixon and I value our own Irish heritage and we take special pleasure in greeting our fellow citizens of Hibernian descent--and all those who, on St. Patrick's Day, celebrate America's gratitude for what Erin has given us.

Ireland has invigorated our American way of life---in government, journalism, science, commerce, education; through its music, drama and poetry.

Both the efficiency of our economy and the well-being of the country's workers will be served by more systematic assessment of the manpower consequences of government policies and programs.

In particular, we propose a special, lower, youth minimum wage to help overcome employers' reluctance to hire inexperienced young workers.

The second decade of an active manpower policy, which begins in March of this year, is dedicated to attaining full opportunity for all American workers.

Security assistance is a cornerstone of our foreign policy and of Free World security.

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