Richard Nixon

I am very delighted to be here in this Department, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in terms of its service to the Nation, to this whole country, and one of the most vital, as I will indicate in the remarks that I shall make.

I know that you have been concerned, as I have been concerned and most Americans have been concerned, about the deterioration in service, deterioration which probably was the result of many factors--the growth in population, the increasing…

I believe that funds should be denied to those districts that continue to perpetuate segregation.

I do believe we should go forward on settling some of the political differences at the same time.

I AM PLEASED to inform you that after consultations with the heads of state and government concerned, I have decided to visit Western Europe late this month.

I am concerned about this problem.

That is why I am visiting every department of Government.

I believe that a meeting with Soviet leaders should take place at a future time.

I hope that when I finish my term in office that we could look back, as far as this Department is concerned, and say that we looked at the problems in the beginning, we examined them fairly in a nonpartisan way, we dealt with them.

I do not want an American boy to be in Vietnam for one day longer than is necessary for our national interest.

I consider the Department of Defense to be a 'Department of Peace.'

I do not see any possibility of that kind of conversation at this time.

As you will recall, during the course of the last campaign, one pledge I made emphatically over and over again was that we were going to take politics out of the Post Office Department and that we were going to improve postal service.

We feel farmers are entitled to proper and sufficient notice about any change in the ground rules on such payments.

Consonant with my purpose to 'strengthen the structure of peace,' therefore, I urge the Senate's prompt consideration and positive action on this Treaty.

I believe that the Treaty can be an important step in our endeavor to curb the spread of nuclear weapons and that it advances the purposes of our Atoms for Peace program which I have supported since its inception during President…

After a very vigorous discussion of this item, having in mind the fact that we have a difficult expenditure situation in the present budget.

I have finally decided to authorize the Director of the Bureau of the Budget to raise the ceiling by an amount of $10 million.

I also call upon the university community to cooperate with the Government's program of fiscal restraint in view of our serious concern about current inflationary trends in our Nation.

I have always supported the goal of halting the spread of nuclear weapons.

I have seen at first hand Africa's remarkable potential.

I think I can probably say we both have our best years ahead of us.

We wish it continued success.

We need all of the career people, particularly.

It is a very exciting place to be, an exciting place to be in this Department, to be working in it.