Richard Nixon: Speeches, Writings, Documents

Table of contents

• Richard Nixon i
• The James Madison Library in American Politics ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• General Editor's Introduction ix
• Introduction xiii
• Bibliographic Note lxxi
• I - Youth 1
• 1: From Rn: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) 3
• 2: Two Letters (1923 and 1924) 5
• 3: “our Privileges Under the Constitution” (1929) 7
• 4: From the Frank Gannon Interviews (1983) 14
• II - Congress 17
• 5: “the Hiss Case—a Lesson for the American People” (January 26, 1950) 19
• 6: The “pink Sheet” (1950) 60
• 7: The “checkers Speech” (September 23, 1952) 64
• III - Vice President 81
• 8: “when You Go Out to Shoot Rats” (March 13, 1954) 83
• 9: The “kitchen Debate” (July 24, 1959) 88
• 10: Opening Statement, the Great Debate: Kennedy V. Nixon (September 26, 1960) 97
• IV - Comeback 103
• 11: “gentlemen, This is My Last Press Conference” (November 6, 1962) 105
• 12: “the Irresponsible Tactics of Some of the Extreme Civil Rights Leaders” (February 12, 1964) 113
• 13: “appraisal from Manila” (November 4, 1966) 117
• 14: “what Has Happened to America” (Reader's Digest, October 1967) 121
• 15: “asia After Viet Nam” (Foreign Affairs, October 1967) 128
• 16: “the First Civil Right of Every American is to Be Free from Domestic Violence” (August 8, 1968) 145
• V - President 151
• 17: “to Lower Our Voices Would Be a Simple Thing” (Inaugural Address, January 20, 1969) 153
• 18: “the Present Welfare System Has to Be Judged a Colossal Failure” (August 8, 1969) 163
• 19: “the Great Silent Majority of My Fellow Americans” (November 3, 1969) 170
• 20: “the Postwar Period in International Relations Has Ended” (“state of the World” Message, February 18, 1970) 191
• 21: Four Vietnam Statements (1970) 200
• 22: Two Political Statements (1970) 209
• 23: “our Best Days Lie Ahead” (August 15, 1971) 217
• 24: “one China” (February 24, 1972) 223
• 25: “he Can Undisappear If We Want Him To” (June 23, 1972) 232
• 26: “her Name Was Tanya” (August 23, 1972) 238
• 27: “there Can Be No Whitewash at the White House” (April 30, 1973) 242
• 28: “i Am Not a Crook” (November 17, 1973) 255
• 29: “i Made Clear There Was to Be No Coverup” (April 29, 1974) 259
• 30: “my Mother Was a Saint” (August 9, 1974) 269
• Index 277

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