Richard Nixon

TODAY I have approved three important changes in the administration of the depreciation provisions of the tax laws which will:--help create jobs for the unemployed as well as young people joining the labor force;--promote the economic…

The estimates of revenue loss may, therefore, be regarded as maximum estimates.

This Administration, in cooperation with local authorities, will use every means at its disposal to prevent such acts and to bring to justice those who perpetrate them.

This order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1971.

I HEARTILY welcome the prompt and decisive action of the Congress in passing H.R. 19911.

IT IS with special satisfaction that I have signed the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1970.

They are critical to the success of the Nixon Doctrine and to our efforts to achieve a peaceful solution in the Middle East.

We have done so on this legislation.

America's world leadership depends upon our being able to put aside partisan differences when the national interest is at stake and to band together to demonstrate the unity of purpose so vital to the success of our foreign policy.

Even a partial listing of the vital legislation rejected, or left unenacted, by the departing 91st Congress provides a yardstick of just how far this Congress fell short of the mark of becoming the Great Congress--that might have been.

The 91st Congress of the United States has now passed into history.

To the Members of the 92d Congress I say: Let us open the New Year in a new spirit.

Congress' failure to enact them, however, in no way diminishes the desirability of the Administration's commitment.

Further, the Congress may wish to consider revision of the 'turn-of-the-century' work schedules and procedures that now obtain on Capitol Hill.

I will not be satisfied until I do not have to write any letter at all to the next of kin of somebody killed in Vietnam.

The changes, Mr. Chancellor, are primarily not physical.

I have given instructions that we will take out the SAM [surface-to-air missile] site or whatever it is that has fired upon them.

Confidence is something that is a very intangible factor, as you know.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to welcome the distinguished members of our television panel to the White House Library.

I believe that barring compelling reasons for divergence, a generally uniform policy for all Federal retirement programs is desirable, equitable and just.

First, there was an understanding.

I do not plan to ask for wage controls or price controls.

But we are on the way out and we are on the way out in a way that will bring a just peace.

In response to appeals from the Government of Pakistan and the Secretary General of the United Nations, I am today announcing that the United States is increasing its grant of food grain to Pakistan to 200,000 metric tons as part of a…

Therefore, I am unable to approve S. 578.