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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.
A policy of respecting the independence and sovereignty of every nation, large and small, in the world, and a policy of always recognizing that unless each nation has independence, and that that independence is not infringed upon and not…
Executive Order No. 11726 of June 29, 1973, is hereby superseded to the extent that it is inconsistent with this Order.
We are happy that you and your wife will be able to visit not only Washington but a number of other cities in our country.
There is hereby delegated to the Administrator all the authority vested in the President by the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973.
What this event shows, far more than money, is that the heart of America goes out to those who suffer every place in the world.
America is a rich country, America is a strong country, but when it counts, America has a very big heart.
Evidence has continued to build up during 1973 indicating that we are now on the way to winning the battle against this grave problem.
First, to increase the supply of heating oil that will be available this winter, we must adjust production schedules and divert petroleum which might normally go for the production of gasoline to the production of more heating oil.
But everybody is going to have to do some sacrificing in order to handle the energy crisis.
Let's make sure that we have by that time--and that is only 7 years away--that we have total independence, so that America hasn't to depend on any other nation in the world for the energy we need for our jobs and the rest.
As a result of our policies, that America is at peace throughout the world, that there is no American being drafted anyplace.
The greatness about America is that when we've got problems, we just get out and solve them.
We think that means that here in this great Volunteer State, and here particularly in Memphis, that we have a lot of good friends.
As Carl Vinson was speaking, I was thinking of my first days in the House of Representatives back in 1947.
Today, whether it is halfway around the world to the People's Republic of China in Peking, or a third of the way around the world to the Kremlin in Moscow, or wherever we go, we must realize that there cannot be real peace in the world…
He told me that under the law, up until 1969, Presidential or Vice Presidential papers given to the Government were a deduction, and should be taken, and could be taken as a deduction from the tax.
I have done everything that I possibly can to provide the evidence that would have existed had we found the tapes.
Well, Mr. Quinn, I would certainly not be standing here answering these questions unless I had a firm belief that we could keep the republic, that we must keep it, not only for ourselves but for the whole world.
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