Richard Nixon

My answer is this: My study of history convinces me that the details can make the difference.

It is traditional for a candidate for election to make all sorts of promises about bold new programs he intends to introduce if elected.

I want to complete the foundations for a world at peace.

I am speaking to you tonight from the library of the White House.

As a result of our new strategy, our programs for the cities have not only grown in size in the last 4 years---they have also improved in effectiveness.

The goal of all these proposals is to make government responsive again to the voice of the average citizen.

A peaceful, stable world requires that all nations vigorously join in condemning and prosecuting such acts and in preventing their further occurrence.

That is why we have developed an entirely new strategy for urban America in this Administration.

Good transportation must be balanced transportation--and the balance must be struck differently in each local setting.

Just last month I signed into law the first phase of revenue sharing, allocating 30 billion Federal dollars over the next 5 years for the State and local governments to use as they see fit.

A nation that can move three persons across 240,000 miles of space to the Moon should be able to move 240,000 persons across 3 miles of a city to get to work.

A civilized society cannot tolerate terrorism.

It represents a new Declaration of Independence for State and local government.

I was determined to end the logjam of power in an ever centralizing Washington bureaucracy and to strengthen government at the grass roots.

For every $1 spent to fight pollution 4 years ago, we have budgeted $3.50 this year.

That is why, in addressing our urban needs, I have insisted that we concentrate not merely on how much we spend, but on how we spend it.

On September 25, Secretary of State Rogers also expressed to the United Nations the profound concern of the American people over the growing menace of international terrorism.

I prefer to think of it, however, as the 'urban opportunity.'

In recent weeks I have emphasized the commitment of this Nation to taking every step necessary to end the vicious threat of terror both here and abroad.

The key point about our urban strategy, then, is not only that it gives our communities the dollars they need, but also that it gives them the freedom and the responsibility they need to use those dollars effectively.

The Montreal Sabotage Convention is an important step in the continuing battle against terrorism.

At last, those numbers have begun to get smaller.

TODAY I am pleased to announce that under our rapidly expanding Legacy of Parks program, the Federal Government will soon transfer 18 parcels of land to State and local governments for park and recreational use.

We must develop a new attitude toward aging in America, one that stops regarding older Americans as a burden and starts regarding them as a resource.

The heart of the Nation goes out to the victims of this tragedy and to the people of Chicago.