Richard Nixon

The Office of Intergovernmental Relations are hereby transferred to the Domestic Council

Executive Order No. 11455 of February 14, 1969, entitled 'Establishing an Office of Intergovernmental Relations', is hereby revoked

My aim is to prevent unnecessary and wasteful growth of the Federal budget.

No Federal programs, no matter how attractive they may be individually, can have a higher priority than the protection of the purchasing power of all the people.

I ask every American to make this observance a time of rededication to the cherished values embodied in our Bill of Rights and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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

I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon the people of this Nation, and the local and national government officials, to observe Wright Brothers Day, December 17, 1972, with appropriate ceremonies and…

I wish you good luck and Godspeed.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of October 18, 1972 (Public Law 92-499), and as President of the United States, I hereby extend to the Mission to the United States of America of the Commission of the European…

WITH the death of Neil H. McElroy, the United States has lost an outstanding citizen, the American people have lost a dedicated public servant, and I have lost a valued friend and associate.

Mrs. Nixon and I are deeply grateful for his life and deeply saddened by his death.

We extend our profound sympathy to the members of his family.

In order to provide staggered terms for Indian-leader members of the Council appointed after August 31, 1972, the President shall, notwithstanding the terms prescribed by the last phrase of the preceding sentence, appoint four…

I do not consider the election of November 7, 1972, despite the rather massive majority, to have been simply an approval of things as they were.

I think a word would be in order as to why we do have you at Camp David, why these meetings could not have taken place in the comfort of the White House press room and, for that matter, the Oval Office.

In addition, I have been particularly impressed by your success in decentralizing your department's operations, and bringing them closer to the communities and people they are meant to serve.

I am confident that in your private capacity you will continue to play a vital and constructive role in achieving the goals that we seek for America as we approach the Nation's 200th anniversary.

I can assure you, Mr. President, that during the remainder of my term of office, these next 4 years, that you can always count on not only the United States Government to cooperate with your Government for progress for both of our people…

I asked each of them to leave his office or his home for a period of time to think about his department, to think also about his own role in Government, and then have a discussion with me with regard to how we could do a better job over…

On my own visit to Ivory Coast during the 1960's, I was enormously impressed by the economic progress, by the tremendous development of your country.

It has been a great personal pleasure to work with you during these past four years.

I am grateful that you have agreed to serve until confirmation of a successor, and I accept your resignation effective at that time.

Mr. President, I hope to have the opportunity at some time to meet with you personally during my second term in office.

The American people are never satisfied with things as they are.

Yours has been one of the most difficult assignments in the government, and you have handled it with great dedication and skill.