Christmas Message.
12/16/1974
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
It is now nearly two hundred years since America's Independence was sought and won.
What we don't need is a timewasting test of strength between the Congress and the President.
We must maintain an adequate defense against potential great-power adversaries.
The Vladivostok accord will enable our two countries to establish significant limits on the strategic arms race.