Richard Nixon

That is why we are standing firm on the proposition that we will not agree to the Senate committee's desire to have, for example, its chief investigator listen to the tapes, or the Special Prosecutor's desire to hear the tapes.

No, as far as my defense is concerned, I make it myself.

I met the judge briefly--after all, I had appointed him to the position--I met him for perhaps one minute outside my door here in full view of the whole White House Staff and everybody else who wanted to see.

And now, we will go to the questions.

Certainly not, and certainly not to the Cambodian people, because as far as this area is concerned, the area of approximately I O miles which was bombed during this period, no Cambodians had been in it for years.

And to talk about indictment and to talk about resignation, even now--I am not questioning your right to ask the question, understand but for me to talk about it would be totally inappropriate, and I make no comment in answer to that…

I asked him to listen to it in order to be sure that as far as any allegations that had been made by Mr. Dean with regard to that conversation is concerned, I wanted to be sure that we were absolutely correct in our response.

No; the answer to the third question is that it is true that as far as the capacity to govern is concerned, that to be under a constant barrage--12 to 15 minutes a night on each of the three major networks for 4 months--tends to raise some…

My confidence in his integrity has not been shaken, and in fact, it has been strengthened by his courageous conduct and his ability--even though he is controversial at times, as I am over the past 4 1/2 years.

Why did you wait so long to order in the B-52's?

We have got to maintain the respect of America throughout the world.

Each of us, after all, is our neighbor's neighbor—and the responsibility for building a happier, livelier, fuller life in each of our communities must rest, in the end, with each of us.

American women represent an important reservoir of ability and dedication which Government must draw upon to a greater degree.

We cannot expect to have good neighbors, however, unless we are ready to be good neighbors.

I call upon the people of the United States, particularly the legal community, to observe that week with appropriate activities.

For the cause of equal rights and opportunities for women is inseparable from the cause of human dignity and equal justice for all.

And we can contribute a great deal to the quality of our existence and to the vitality of our society by doing all we can to revive and strengthen the place of neighborliness in our daily lives.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 14, 1973, as National Legal Secretaries' Court Observance Week.

Because I firmly believe that women should not be denied equal protection of the laws of this Nation and equal opportunity to participate fully in our national life, I reaffirm again my support for the Equal Rights Amendment to the…

This amendment can represent a giant step forward in achieving full equality of opportunity for all Americans as we approach the 200th birthday of our Nation.

I further urge all our people to use this occasion to reflect on the importance of achieving equal rights and opportunities for women and to dedicate themselves anew to that great goal.

Let me state the common sense of the matter.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 9, 1973, as Leif Erikson Day; and I direct the appropriate Government officials to display the flag of the United States on…

We cannot let an obsession with the past destroy our hopes for the future.

To the extent that these things were done in the 1972 campaign, they were serious abuses, and I deplore them.