Richard Nixon

We all share a continuous obligation to do all we can to safeguard and promote their health and well-being.

Again, I urge that the Congress place the highest possible priority on approving my entire package of disaster relief legislation, so that tangible help can start flowing at the earliest possible time to the tens of thousands still in dire…

I continue to hold as a basic principle that greater emphasis should be placed on broad funding approaches for Federal grant-in-aid programs, and that narrow categorical grant programs such as Title I should be relied on less as a means of…

They need their Government's help.

Today, I am transmitting an amendment which would make private, nonprofit educational institutions eligible for disaster relief grants under the Act.

I am forwarding herewith the annual comparison of Federal salaries in the statutory pay systems to the salaries paid in private enterprise, as required by section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.

Those who say 'End the war' really should name their resolution 'Prolong the war.'

It is time to strip away the double standard.

We would do so only if we had to do so in order to protect American fliers who otherwise would be hit down by the SAM's.

He is a man of poise, calm, and judgment.

If bills come to my desk calling for excessive spending which threatens the Federal budget, I will veto them.

This is the anti-inflationary method I use in designing the Federal budget.

I will not stand by and permit such irresponsible action to undermine the clear progress we have made in getting America's workers off the inflation treadmill of the 1960's.

I believe that all of us, the President and the Congress, have a clear duty to protect the national interest in general prosperity--and therefore to resist temptations to overspend for desirable special programs, or to spend for partisan…

In my judgment, the public interest requires that Mr. Patterson be exempted from such mandatory retirement.

The basic fiscal integrity of the Nation requires and demands such action.

Education is the doorway to opportunity.

Mrs. Nixon and I extend our heartfelt condolences to his family in their bereavement for this fine American.

The untimely and tragic death of Goeran Gentele came as a shock to me personally and to countless fellow Americans.

Mrs. Gentele and her daughter are in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time, and Mrs. Nixon and I hope that you will convey to them our deepest sympathy as well as our heartfelt wishes for their recovery.

These funds will help the hundreds of thousands of Americans who are struggling to rebuild their lives after the destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Agnes.

I am confident that the Congress will share this view.

It is fitting that we carry on this tradition now, in the wake of the worst natural disaster in American history, in terms of property damage and the extent of territory affected.

I urge that the Congress also act promptly on these second and third proposals.

I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 16, 1972, as Captive Nations Week.