Richard Nixon

That is why one of the major goals of this Nation must be to become self-sufficient in energy.

I have been deeply saddened by this whole course of events.

And so the scientific community need not be in any way ashamed of the role it has played in helping to develop the defense capabilities--and I use the word 'defense' rather than 'offensive'--the defense capabilities of the United States in…

As Vice President, you have addressed the great issues of our times with courage and candor.

Mrs. Nixon came back with very warm feelings for all the countries she had visited, but she had a very special feeling about Ivory Coast, and its President and its First Lady.

We look forward to our talks, to get your judgment as to how all nations can contribute to the goal of not simply an end to the fighting which is going on now but to building a new structure of peace in the Mideast.

And we find it, third, in leadership, leadership which you have provided since Ivory Coast became a nation.

Mr. President, I say that we give you a very special welcome today to our country because of your official position.

In other words, we have in our company tonight--and I wish all of you could know him as I have known him, as my wife has known him--a world statesman of the first rank,

And after she was able to take a trip to Africa, which I have been wanting to take and I, incidentally, Dr. Kissinger, intend to take before my term of office is finished--the first American President ever to visit Africa--

We will today be talking about the problems of how we can create that same period of peace and stability for all of Africa that you have in your country.

As you come on this occasion, I am also proud of the fact that both Mrs. Nixon and I have had the opportunity to visit and to know your country.

Now, we both agree that we talked about cocoa and coffee and reverse preferences and international trade problems, and other bilateral matters, like whether Kaiser should or should not invest in Ivory Coast--and they should--

Mr. President, I am honored to be the fourth American President to welcome you to Washington, D.C.

But first let me say that perhaps my greatest expert on foreign affairs is not really Dr. Kissinger, but my wife.

And so in presenting him to you, I present a man who represents his own country with great distinction,

We are developing support for a position which we hope and believe will be effective in stopping the fighting.

Dr. Kissinger and his colleagues have been very busy.

His contribution to international peace and understanding was felt far beyond our Nation's borders through his selfless work with newspapers of other countries.

And it is a measure of the man's quiet humanitarianism that the room where he finally lost that fight was part of a hospital and clinic that his generosity had built.

Thus it is with a special sadness that Mrs. Nixon and I join his family, friends, and countless admirers in mourning his death.

THE untimely death of James S. Copley takes from us a noble American whose distinguished career in journalism and public affairs placed him in the direct line of descent from this country's great printer-patriots of the past--from Zenger…

But we are also grateful today that the message of liberty he most wanted to spread in this country and throughout the Americas will continue to be heard through his newspapers' 'ring of truth.'

Jim Copley has been a close friend and adviser to me for more than a quarter century.

We do not assume God's favor, but we seek it.