The 1974 State of the Union Address was given to the 93rd United States Congress, on Wednesday, January 30, 1974, by

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, the 37th

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. He said, "We meet here tonight at a time of great challenge and great opportunities for America. We meet at a time when we face great problems at home and abroad that will test the strength of our fiber as a nation. But we also meet at a time when that fiber has been tested, and it has proved strong. "America is a great and good land, and we are a great and good land because we are a strong, free, creative people and because America is the single greatest force for peace anywhere in the world. Today, as always in our history, we can base our confidence in what the American people will achieve in the future on the record of what the American people have achieved in the past." Nixon, Richard (January 30, 1974)
"State of the Union Address: Richard Nixon (January 30, 1974)"
Infoplease. Retrieved February 6, 2019. It was given in the same year America withdrew all assistance from

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during the

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. Nixon also called for the end of the

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investigations. He resigned months later due to the investigations.

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1974 State of the Union Address (full video and audio at www.millercenter.org)
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