Richard Nixon

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Statutes and give its advice and consent to ratification.

In a press conference I referred to drug addiction as public enemy number one in this Nation and that therefore it should have the very highest priority within the Federal Government, as well as in State and local governments in dealing…

If what you do and if, as a result of this conference, we are able to save one of those individuals, this conference is worthwhile, and we would like all of you to think that way.

I am very happy to welcome you all to the East Room of the White House and to welcome you to this conference.

And if we can just get the law enforcement tools and the law enforcement personnel, we can turn around the drug problem in the United States.

We are going to win this battle.

We have turned the corner on drug addiction in the United States--haven't solved the problem, because we have a long way to go.

The Government of the United States is pledged to maintain our commitments to the Alliance and to make a substantial contribution on a mutual defense.

We confidently expect that each of our allies will assume its share of the common defense burden, joining in equitable arrangements which strengthen the solidarity of the Alliance.

I call upon the Congress to act while there is still time, while vital spending bills are still before it.

The national rate of serious crime is now heading down for the first time in 17 years, and they want that downward spiral to continue.

Our people are now at peace for the first time in more than a decade.

A balance of power between the legislative and the judicial and the executive branches of Government.

Eight months ago I submitted to the Congress a new budget calling for Federal outlays of $268.7 billion during fiscal year 1974.

Collective defense remains the cornerstone of the Atlantic Alliance.

It is the policy of the Federal Government to improve and enhance environmental quality.

We must work hard and we must work constructively over the next four months to meet the country's pressing needs.

I believe that in this we can infuse our old ties with a new dynamism.

The battle against inflation must be our first priority for the remainder of this year.

Every dollar we cut from the Federal deficit is another blow against higher prices.

The United States will do its part, and we look to our partners to join in fulfilling the promise of the years that lie ahead.

We are already at the razor's edge in defense spending.

But balancing the Federal budget is no pipe dream; it is a realistic goal.

We have ended America's longest and most difficult war.

The Federal budget is your budget.