2. Two letters (1923 and 1924)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. General Editor’s Introduction ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Bibliographic Note lxxi
6. I. Youth
7. 1. From RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) 3
8. 2. Two letters (1923 and 1924) 5
9. 3. “Our Privileges under the Constitution” (1929) 7
10. 4. From the Frank Gannon interviews (1983) 14
11. II. Congress
12. 5. “The Hiss Case—A Lesson for the American People” (January 26, 1950) 19
13. 6. The “Pink Sheet” (1950) 60
14. 7. The “Checkers Speech” (September 23, 1952) 64
15. III. Vice President
16. 8. “When you go out to shoot rats” (March 13, 1954) 83
17. 9. The “Kitchen Debate” (July 24, 1959) 88
18. 10. Opening Statement, The Great Debate: Kennedy v. Nixon (September 26, 1960) 97
19. IV. Comeback
20. 11. “Gentlemen, this is my last press conference” (November 6, 1962) 105
21. 12. “The irresponsible tactics of some of the extreme civil rights leaders” (February 12, 1964) 113
22. 13. “Appraisal from Manila” (November 4, 1966) 117
23. 14. “What Has Happened to America?” (Reader’s Digest, October 1967) 121
24. 15. “Asia after Viet Nam” (Foreign Affairs, October 1967) 128
25. 16. “The first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence” (August 8, 1968) 145
26. V. President
27. 17. “To lower our voices would be a simple thing” (inaugural address, January 20, 1969) 153
28. 18. “The present welfare system has to be judged a colossal failure” (August 8, 1969) 163
29. 19. “The great silent majority of my fellow Americans” (November 3, 1969) 170
30. 20. “The postwar period in international relations has ended” (“State of the World” message, February 18, 1970) 191
31. 21. Four Vietnam Statements (1970) 200
32. 22. Two political statements (1970) 209
33. 23. “Our best days lie ahead” (August 15, 1971) 217
34. 24. “One China” (February 24, 1972) 223
35. 25. “He can undisappear if we want him to” (June 23, 1972) 232
36. 26. “Her name was Tanya” (August 23, 1972) 238
37. 27. “There can be no whitewash at the White House” (April 30, 1973) 242
38. 28. “I am not a crook” (November 17, 1973) 255
39. 29. “I made clear there was to be no coverup” (April 29, 1974) 259
40. 30. “My mother was a saint” (August 9, 1974) 269
41. Index 277