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Richard Nixon

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.

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Oct 27, 1972

I am committed to resisting with all the powers at my command any Federal spending which would confront us with the unacceptable choice between higher taxes, which would take more of the worker's paycheck, and renewed inflation, which…

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Oct 27, 1972

I will urge the Congress to appropriate whatever funds are needed for Federal drug law enforcement and to build the clinics needed to treat those addicts who seek help.

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Oct 27, 1972

I will not hesitate to suspend all military and economic assistance to any country which condones or protects the international drug traffic.

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Oct 27, 1972

They must be qualified jurists, but they must be jurists who recognize that the first civil right of all Americans is the right to be free from domestic violence.

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Oct 27, 1972

I am directing the Administrators of these two agencies to work in close consultation to ensure that duplication can be avoided and information can be fully shared between them as they confront this vital challenge.

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Oct 27, 1972

The bill is thus one of the first fruits of our new emphasis on careful advance analysis of environmental challenges.

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Oct 27, 1972

That is why I vetoed a number of budget-breaking money bills yesterday.

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Oct 27, 1972

At times, too, politicians have tried to run campaigns on style and charisma, instead of on the facts and the issues.

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Oct 27, 1972

I have seen on occasion over these years sometimes some scroungy-looking people that are spitting on policemen and calling them pigs and the rest.

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Oct 27, 1972

By next June, we will have created the capacity to treat up to 250,000 heroin addicts annually--a thirty-fold increase over the amount of federally funded drug treatment which existed when I took office.

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Oct 27, 1972

Let's make sure that the United States is never number two in the world so that the United States can continue to lead the world to peace.

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Oct 27, 1972

I have pledged to hold the line on taxes in 1973 and throughout my second term as President, assuming cooperation from the Congress.

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Oct 27, 1972

We have stood up for the men of law and order, and we are going to for the next 4 years.

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Oct 27, 1972

The punishment for this crime must be strict, and it must be certain.

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Oct 27, 1972

Democrats as well as Republicans want jobs and prosperity, without war and without inflation.

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Oct 27, 1972

I am pleased to sign into law S. 3419, the Consumer Product Safety Act.

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Oct 27, 1972

This means better education, better setting of local priorities, more hope for our troubled State, city, and county governments, and an opportunity in the future for lower property taxes for the overburdened American homeowner.

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Oct 27, 1972

I signed S. 3507, then, as an important first step toward a more comprehensive program.

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Oct 27, 1972

We now can look forward with confidence to winning the kind of peace in Vietnam that all Americans want, and that is the kind of a peace Bob Griffin has worked for and supported—peace with honor and not peace with surrender.

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Oct 27, 1972

Let me tell you, you can't pay these men what it is really worth.

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Oct 27, 1972

I realize that in this sophisticated age we hear a lot of scoffing at old-fashioned faith, morality, and character.

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Oct 27, 1972

One of the most encouraging things about this election is the way in which the voters are reacting as a united people, as One America.

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Oct 27, 1972

This bill will also give strong support to the delegation we will be sending to London at the end of this month to seek a much needed international convention on this important matter.

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Oct 27, 1972

I will instruct the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this statute in a way which focuses Federal efforts on the adequacy of State processes rather than to become involved in the merits of particular land use decisions.

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