Richard Nixon

We have to stop them before they start.

No matter how strong the penalty is, there are some who are going to break the law.

As one who sees sports almost exclusively on television, I want you to know that the worst part of it is the commercials, except for one kind of commercial.

There are many reprehensible crimes, in my opinion, in this country.

The incidence of heart disease can be reduced in this country and we must do all that is possible to achieve such a reduction.

Rising prices for antiquities stimulate looting of archaeological sites, causing the destruction of irreplaceable resources for scientific and cultural studies.

The Convention, adopted on November 14, 1970, by a vote of 77 to 1 with 8 abstentions at the Sixteenth General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is a significant effort at multilateral…

I believe international cooperation is required in order to preserve the priceless heritage of humanity, and I urge the Senate to give prompt advice and consent to United States accession to this Convention, subject to the reservation and…

Many countries have lost important cultural property through illegal exportation.

I urge the people of the United States to consider fully the nationwide problem of heart disease and to contribute to efforts aimed at countering it.

I do hereby proclaim the month of February 1972 as American Heart Month.

We all must learn either to live together or we shall die together.

I particularly commend to your attention the new programs begun by the Endowment during fiscal year 1971.

I am pleased that the Federal Government could be of assistance in this time of emergency and that the local government was in a position to use that assistance with the greatest possible effectiveness.

I am pleased to note that the city has decided to direct a portion of these funds to provide shelter for those whose homes were damaged and destroyed in the recent explosion and to repair needed public facilities, including four badly…

We must provide adequate resources and credit, in ways which attract greater private resources for development.

Our proposals would provide rural people and communities with the tools they need to achieve their goals and I hope these recommendations will receive early and favorable consideration.

To help improve the quality of life in the American countryside, I am today presenting a series of proposals designed to marshal more effectively the energies of the private sector and of government at all levels in a cooperative program…

Federal support of the National Endowment for the Humanities has had the desired effect of stimulating private giving and private initiative.

I still believe that revenue sharing can do a great deal to help rural America meet that challenge.

We must reorganize the Federal Government so that it can more effectively support planning and execution at the State and local level.

We must do all we can to encourage such partnerships.

I am therefore happy to report that in fiscal year 1971 the Endowment received a total of 517 separate gifts, about four times the number received the previous year.

We must fight the rigidities of narrowly focused categorical grants.

As long as the Federal Government sets rigid rules, both through legislative and administrative guidelines, there is little room for local initiative.