Remarks to the Conference on Inflation
09/10/1974
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Nothing pleases me more than we can say, and say with honesty: There's not a single young American fighting or dying on any foreign battlefi...
We owe them an obligation.
I held the line on Government spending with 66 vetoes and saved you, the hard-pressed taxpayers of this country, about $9 billion-plus.
You are, because of your responsibilities, a tremendous, creative force in our society, and I congratulate you.