Richard Nixon

IT IS with great pleasure that I announce today the names of 63 distinguished leaders from a broad spectrum of American life who have volunteered to serve on the new Advisory Council for Minority Enterprise.

I urge that such programs emphasize :—the development of better understanding and more effective working relationships between those who live on the farm and those who live in non-farm areas;—the enormous scientific and technological…

We have renounced an imposed military solution.

The time has come to end this war.

We have offered to negotiate supervised cease-fires under international supervision to facilitate the process of mutual withdrawal.

The time for meaningful negotiations has therefore arrived.

This country's Hispanic heritage is particularly important because it reminds us of the great traditions we share with our neighbors in Latin America.

The extent to which they succeed will be a measure of our support.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred sixty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-fourth.

Citizens working together through the voluntary agencies can become partners with Government in the effort to build better communities, a healthier nation, and a more peaceful world.

Executive Order No. 10994 of February 14, 1962, and Executive Order No. 11018 of April 27, 1962, are hereby superseded.

He is a man to be remembered, as we remember the other giants of the Senate-the Websters and Calhouns, the Vandenbergs and the Tafts.

The President's Committee shall facilitate the development of maximum employment opportunities for the physically handicapped, mentally retarded, and mentally restored.

A politician knows that his words are his weapons, but that his word is his bond.

We shall always remember Everett Dirksen in the terms he used to describe his beloved marigolds: hardy, vivid, exuberant, colorful--and uniquely American.

Fifth, I am today establishing a Cabinet Committee on Construction.

Well, we thank all of you, whenever you came, for giving us such a wonderful welcome to Colorado.

I wish to communicate my Government's conviction that Asian hands must shape the Asian future.

I want to thank you for your service.

This is truly the land of 'the free.

We have a special relationship with the Philippines which will always be in our hearts.

Finally, I would like to add one personal note.

Too often the men make the speeches and take the bows where the women should have the credit.

Our stay in Guam this one day and that fine evening last night and this wonderful welcome gave us the calm, peaceful rest and relaxation which will enable us to face the problems of this great Nation with confidence.

A great French philosopher once said that true friendship comes not when we look at each other, but when we look outward together in the same direction.