Richard Nixon

As long as I am your President, I shall keep America on that road.

Strength and resolution command respect.

We can be proud of the fact that in four wars in this century the United States has fought only to defend freedom, never to destroy it; only to keep the peace, never to break it.

The day the United States becomes the second strongest nation in the world, peace and freedom will be in deadly jeopardy everywhere in the world.

We have reduced our total military, manpower by nearly one-third from the 1968 level.

The United States is the only nation ever to become the most powerful in the world without seeking to.

The result would be to leave America with the second strongest army, the second strongest navy, the second strongest air force in the world.

That is why I asked the Congress to place a $250 billion ceiling on Federal spending in the current fiscal year--which it refused to do.

Most important of all, we want you to know that as we go through this campaign that we are glad we are here at a time that we have made a very significant breakthrough in bringing peace in Vietnam and building peace in the world.

We will not be satisfied until all our city streets are safe, until we have a system of courts that is once more capable of dispensing swift, fair justice to criminal and victim alike.

This is why I proposed to the Congress in February of 1 971 the national land use policy act--a bill which would help the States establish management programs for a wide range of areas which are of critical environmental concern.

Respect them, honor them.

This law is closely modeled on the recommendations I submitted to the Congress in February of 1971.

We are here in '72, and we think Warren is our lucky city in Ohio.

Democrats as well as Republicans want peace in the world.

We must do still better, and we shall.

I believe that the Government in Washington is taking too much money out of your pocket.

The FBI crime index showed an increase of only one percent for the first half of this year--the closest the Nation has come to an actual decrease since the index began 12 years ago.

It answers a long-felt need, and I am happy to give it my approval.

I want you to know that as we complete our motorcade of the State of Ohio that it is a very great privilege for us to be here in Warren again.

The new act will enable the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits on the amount of noise permitted both from trucks, buses, and railroad trains operating in interstate commerce and from a variety of newly manufactured products such…

The best education is the education you get in the school that is closest to your home.

We share the oceans with all who live on this planet.

They say that we have become a sick society, a corrupt society.

It is significant that this new act will be implemented by the two newest environmental agencies--both created by this Administration-the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.