Richard Nixon

Finally, it is vital at this time that we restore a greater sense of responsibility at the State and local level, and among individual Americans.

Thank you very much, and we congratulate you all.

Men have walked the surface of the moon and soared to new heights of discovery.

A single, all-embracing State of the Union Message would not appear to be adequate.

The Bicentennial Administration whose creation we will propose would meet this need.

I think also what I have said indicates that, as far as we are concerned, we consider it a very great privilege to work with Her Majesty's Government and with the Prime Minister and his associates for goals that go deep into our national…

He is not blinded by what tomorrow's headlines may be in a negative sense.

To this end, I have directed that legislation be proposed today which would create a strong, new American Revolution Bicentennial Administration with a full-time Administrator.

Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me.

The man we honor tonight, and I say this in the company of this group, is really, in his whole political career and as now the head of government in his country, a man who has the courage and the farsightedness and the vision to make gutsy…

I urge the Congress and the people to give this proposal their fullest support.

I wish I were going, too.

We are not going to use executive privilege as a shield for conversations that might be just embarrassing to us, but that really don't deserve executive privilege.

At some time this spring I do plan to meet with President Thieu.

We have been paying attention to the problems of Europe, but now those problems will be put on the front burner.

Let me say, personally, I have never hunted in my life.

Let me give some advice, if I can, to all of those who may be thinking of becoming candidates in 1976.

In view of the announcement that has already been made this morning, I know that you will have questions on that and other matters, so we will go right to the questions.

I will not be making any trips to Europe certainly in the first half of this year.

We have done the very best that we can against very great obstacles, and we finally have achieved a peace with honor.

As far as I am concerned, whether it is with the North or the South or the other countries in the area, I look upon this as a potential investment in peace.

Higher Federal tax rates are not needed now or in the years ahead to assure adequate resources for properly responsive government--if the business of government is managed well.

Like many precious possessions, eyesight is usually taken for granted until it is lost.

It is hard to argue with these common sense judgments; surprisingly, it is just as hard to put them into action.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-seventh.