I favored at that time a quick withdrawal of our troops from Vietnam, completely.

I personally feel that the Pentagon Papers should have been revealed by the New York Times.

I think I am sensitive; I am tough.

I don't see any reason for the CIA through covert means to try to overthrow governments.

I think the American people resent being put in boxes and I have always avoided that myself.

The time has come for us to work together toward a restoration of federalism, through the creation of a balanced national partnership that is based on mutual trust, mutual respect, and mutual commitment to the future of the American city.

Our present system is a failure deplored alike by those who pay for it, those who administer it, and those who supposedly benefit from it.

I can insure that consolidation will not be a cover to reduce needed federal assistance, or to change the distribution of benefits so as to discriminate against those individuals with the greatest need.

Our goal must be to develop a coherent national urban policy that is consistent, compassionate, realistic, and that reflects the decency and good sense of the American people.

We must get the money and services to the people who need them, and not just to the communities that happen to be most skilled in the art of grantsmanship.

I believe that if we talk sense to the American people, we will find support for a realistic program to meet the urban crisis.