I share your belief in America.

Let no adversary or potential enemies of the United States imagine that America can be safely challenged.

Your region is a great source of America's pride.

I AM deeply saddened at the loss of so many lives in the crash of the United States C-5A mercy flight today near Saigon.

I will never forget, if I might digress a moment, over the 25 years that I had the privilege of serving in the House of Representatives.

The magic of San Francisco and the Bay Area was not conjured up in the bureaus and agencies of the Federal Government.

The facts are, we can afford no more delays.

San Diego has demonstrated that environmental quality is good business.

I don't believe that we miscalculated the will of the South Vietnamese to carry on their fight for their own freedom.

We will preserve partnerships with people striving for freedom on a global basis.

I expect to be campaigning very hard for my own reelection-or election in 1976.

We will do what has to be done, what can be done, as a practical matter.

The United States has been doing and will continue to do its utmost to assist these people.

I think we do face a crisis. But I am optimistic that if the Congress joins with me, and the American people support the Congress and me, as President, we can overcome those difficulties.

I can assure you that I will abide totally with the War Powers Act that was enacted by the Congress several years ago.

I will not engage in recriminations or attempts to assess the blame, nor should any of us.

America has the will, America has the resources, America has the know-how, and America has the faith.

We stand ready to defend ourselves and support our allies as surely as we always have.