Richard Nixon

I use this pen, incidentally, for everything except vetoes.

We concluded that fewer manned expeditions to the moon were needed, and production of additional Saturn V launch vehicles and spacecraft has been suspended.

I believe the time has come to herd these sacred cows out of the Federal budget.

We have undertaken these negotiations because it is in our interest to do so.

I have proposed to limit Veterans Administration payments to the difference between $250 and the total of non-VA benefits due the veteran's survivors.

I am very optimistic that the relations between France and the United States will continue to be on a very sound basis in which each respects the independence of the other.

Communications between Earth and the Moon, while certainly the most dramatic use, is only one of many ways in which satellite communications can now be employed.

I HAVE SENT to Congress today my proposal for a Federal Economy Act.

I believe we have made very great progress over this past year in restoring the kind of relationship that should exist between two nations whose alliance over a period of 190 years has consistently served the cause of peace and the cause…

It is time for the Federal government to get out of the operation and ownership of the Alaska Railroad.

The most important fact to bear in mind, as I said out there is, as I firmly believe, that the great majority of Americans want good relations with France.

It is with a sense of gratification that I transmit to the Congress the Ninth Annual Report of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

If we are to win the battle against the rising cost of living, we have to squeeze out of the budget all nonessential Federal spending.

Why don't you get in the dozen or so who are along and we will have a little talk?

I believe that a verifiable agreement which will limit arms on both sides will in fact enhance mutual security.

The argument goes that what we must do is to turn the situation completely around, that the ideal that we should try, to achieve is to return our country and return man basically to his natural state as nearly as we possibly could, and…

But tonight, I know that I speak for all of us here from the United States when I say that we are grateful for the years that we have enjoyed the friendship of your country and of your people for this Nation, and we are very proud that we…

It is Asia's own creation, largely conceived, established, financed and operated by Asians to meet Asian problems.

Vive la France. Vive le President Pompidou!

I urge the Congress to give this proposal its wholehearted and prompt approval.

It brings to bear on Asia's challenging development problems the cooperative efforts of 33 nations, with balanced representation among Asian and non-Asian members, and among developed and developing countries.

I urge every American to do his utmost to secure the strength of the Red Cross by serving as a volunteer if possible and by contributing to his full ability.

And it is for us a very moving occasion, because it brings back memories of those many times that we were in this house before, of the people that were here, of the hospitality that we felt.

Now it is time for the United States to reaffirm its support of the Asian Development Bank.

France has always been our ally; it has never been our enemy; and it will always be our friend.