Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 285-022
Date: Thursday, October 7, 1971 at 12:48 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Safire, William L.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-022

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:06] Yeah.
[0:07] I have one thought that may be just a little bit of a problem.
[0:18] Where we say what we will and will not do, the third point, we will continue to price and waive restraints until the inflationary pressures ease up.
[0:23] and we will not have control over future life.
[0:40] I think somebody could seize on it, ease up.
[0:43] I think we better say, I'm brought under control, or something.
[0:48] You get my point?
[0:48] Until inflationary pressures are curbed.
[0:50] No, not that.
[0:50] Ease up is too soft.
[0:51] They'll say, well, I don't give up.
[0:55] I know that.
[1:03] I know why you say he's, uh, but, uh, the compression air pressure is, I think, really a product of control is, uh, is what it is.
[1:17] We've got it in here, but we will not make control the permanent feature of American life because they're using control here.
[1:22] Yeah.
[1:22] Yeah.
[1:23] Yeah.
[1:23] Hold on a minute.
[1:28] ...controls the permanent future of American life.
[1:42] Now, I'm going to add something there on an ad-lib basis, not in the text, even though it will destroy your nice little balances you have here.
[1:47] I'm going to say that we will not take control of the permanent future of American life when they are no longer needed.
[1:51] We will get rid of them.
[1:51] I think that needs to be said for reasons that are very, very fundamental because of my own education.
[1:56] Yeah.
[1:57] I mean, this time, when they are no longer needed, you will get rid of them.
[2:13] And this thing is good to say.
[2:16] The way that we reason this way, we will continue Christ's way to be transformed.
[2:17] Because we said earlier, we're going to stay in this battle until we win.
[2:19] Now, that's very strong.
[2:19] But I want to also say, when they are no longer needed, we'll get rid of them.
[2:21] Because the hardest thing we're going to have to do is get rid of these guys.
[2:22] And also, there will come a time, it might even come before the election, when we're going to have to get rid of a lot of them.
[2:25] On the ground, with no rent controls, we'd be stuck in houses.
[2:27] Something could be stopping this, and this should be cool, and it's breaking down, and so on.
[2:52] And then no longer need to look at it.
[2:53] How do you say that?
[2:53] Something like that.
[2:53] I'll try to feel it.
[2:54] Yeah, yeah, all right, all right.
[2:55] Yeah, all right.
[2:55] Let's see.
[2:55] Let's see.
[2:56] Come on.