Richard Nixon

Let us all in silent tribute pay special honor to those who have paid the full price to keep our freedom alive.

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By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, the authority conferred upon the President by that portion of section 833 (c) (2) of the Economic…

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, call upon the people of the United States to observe the week beginning October 11, 1970, as National School Lunch Week, with ceremonies and activities designed…

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Monday, October 5, 1970, as Child Health Day

There is hereby established the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (hereinafter referred to as 'the Council'), which shall be composed of the President's Consultant on Physical Fitness, who shall be the Chairman, and…

On February 27, 1970, I proposed to the Congress enactment of the Emergency Public Interest Protection Act of 1970 to protect the public against the damaging effects of strikes in the transportation industry.

I hereby create a board of five members, to be appointed by me, to investigate these disputes.

I do hereby designate Friday, October 9, 1970, as Leif Erikson Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day.

I invite the people of this nation to observe that day in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the great explorer.

The board shall report its findings to the President with respect to the disputes within thirty days from the date of this order.

Every new influx of refugees or immigrants from abroad has strengthened America.

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One of the greatest disservice that the disrupters have done in fact is precisely that, to reflect unfairly on those millions of students, like those in this room, who do go to college for an education.

A nation that condones blackmail and terror at home can hardly stand as the example in putting an end to international piracies or tensions that could explode into war abroad.

I do not call for a conformity in which the young simply ape the old or in which we freeze the faults that we have.

In a system like ours, which provides the means for peaceful change, no cause justifies violence in the name of change.

The question is: How shall we use this great opportunity?

The time has come for us to recognize that violence and terror have no place in a free society, whatever the purported cause or the perpetrators may be.

No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.

I also recommend a number of measures to encourage and enable the private sector, through trade and investment, to play an increasing role in the international development process

I also invite the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the memory of General Pulaski.

THE MESSAGE which I have just signed contains my recommendations to the Congress for sweeping reform of the U.S. foreign assistance program

I do hereby designate Sunday, October 11, 1970, as General Pulaski's Memorial Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day.

In a sense, when we think about hijacking we can make an argument against science, because if it hadn't have been for science, we wouldn't have had airplanes, if we didn't have airplanes, we wouldn't have had airplane hijacking.