I Let The American People Down.

Those Few Days After Kent State Were Among The Darkest Of My Presidency.

The Great Question Of The Seventies Is, Shall We Surrender To Our Surroundings, Or Shall We Make Our Peace With Nature And Begin To Make Reparations For The Damage We Have Done To Our Air, To Our Land, And To Our Water?

The Congress, The Administration And The Public All Share A Profound Commitment To The Rescue Of Our Natural Environment, And The Preservation Of The Earth As A Place Both Habitable By And Hospitable To Man.

People React To Fear, Not Love; They Don't Teach That In Sunday School, But It's True.

If I Were To Make Public These Tapes, Containing Blunt And Candid Remarks On Many Different Subjects, The Confidentiality Of The Office Of The President Would Always Be Suspect.