Richard Nixon

I want to complete the work that we have begun, and therefore I shall be a candidate for re-nomination and re-election.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1972 as National Parks Centennial Year.

I urge appropriate Federal, State, and local government officials to cooperate in the observance of that year with activities that will not only honor the past, but will provide a focus for understanding the increasing importance of the…

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-sixth.

I'm not just building a ship; I'm building America.

We don't have to be number one in everything, but we have to try to be.

It is a very great privilege for me to be here today.

We have brought 400,000 home.

It would depend, Mr. Rather, on circumstances that none of us might foresee at this point.

As long as we continue to recognize Taiwan, which we do, as long as we continue to have our defense treaty with Taiwan, which we will, the People's Republic will not have diplomatic relations in the conventional sense with that country.

As far as our American casualties are concerned, which, as you know, as reported on Thursday of last week on CBS and other networks, were one--the lowest in 6 years.

I believe that the Vice President has handled his difficult assignments with dignity, with courage.

Our goal is to end the American involvement in Vietnam before the end of this year, and before the election.

It is not well to be coy about this business of candidacy.

With regard to the military benefits, let me say first why we did it.

It would be well for them not to retain our POW's and run the risk that it would be necessary for the United States to stay in Vietnam.

I will be making a decision. I will be announcing it by the 14th.

I will not make the decision with regard to the rate at this point, but the withdrawal can go forward on schedule.

Never be satisfied with what you are doing.

A woman could serve in this office.

The man who is best qualified to run the campaign is Attorney General Mitchell.

I have asked the Secretary of Labor to prepare promptly alternatives to this program, in the event one is needed, which would be properly financed and would distinguish between short- and long-term problems and their effective solution.

The major reason for my misgiving is that this legislation undermines the insurance concept of the unemployment compensation program.

I have signed this legislation because it will help to ease the transition of workers adjusting from the wartime to a peacetime economy.

In signing this act, however, I would emphasize that I endorse it only as a temporary expedient and not as the best or soundest method of helping the unemployed nor as a precedent for future legislation.