President Richard Nixon Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam, November 3, 1969

This speech is commonly referred to as the "Silent Majority Speech."
The President spoke at 9:32 p.m. from his office in the White House.
Hoping to co-opt the growing peace movement, President Nixon requested the support from “the great silent majority of my fellow Americans” for his plan for peace in Vietnam.
Source information:
File ID: WHCA-3485
Collection: The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection
Original format: 2-inch Quad videotape
Transfer from second generation Betacam SP videotape
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[@Q8sbss]

I just want to say to the nixon library folks, that i admire them enabling comments and not deleting negative ones. Unlike other presidential library youtube channels...

[@pneulancer]

Sadly he is only remembered for Watergate. His presidency was much more than that. He was complex and certainly had his faults but President Nixon accomplished much of what he set out to do.

[@lenieadolphson6776]

Without commenting on Nixon's presidency. it was very nice to just hear a normal president give a speech explaining an important topic without name calling and incoherent dialogue

[@booberry349]

My all time favorite President we need another NIXON NOW

[@iBEEMproject]

Im so addicted of Nixon's history. Maybe one of the best President of a great Nation.

[@MartialKahn]

" If a vocal minority, however fervout its cause, prevails over reason and the will of the majority, this nation has no future as a free society. "

[@dc3189]

The most iconic speach during the most turbulent time in America's history. ..and it gets less comments than a cat sneezing.

[@lundsweden]

I'm not a conservative, but this speech is a stand out, very impressive and frank. Nixon was obviously a very intelligent and thoughtful man and not an altogether bad President.

[@andybraamawitz9395]

Regardless of what people say now about him, what a great speaker he was.

[@BigWheel.]

He speaks very straightforward, I like that he "predicts" criticism he might receive for his actions, and that he deals with it plainly and with maturity, He honestly doesn't seem like that terrible of a politician. He isn't annoying like many today seem to be.

[@marknewbauer]

Thanks for having this available. I was only 4 at the time.

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President Nixon, you are great. You got my support.

[@Ccarlson77]

He had terrible social anxiety, but when he didn’t let that take hold over him, he was a purely wonderful orator and an astute and intelligent man. It’s unfortunate he let himself be distracted to dark places.

[@davehenry2519]

Excellent Speech

[@humanforfreedom9583]

you would never see this openness and honesty today. He was the last president who wasn't a puppet.

[@abdulkkhan5095]

One of America's finest Presidents

[@donnysarian]

Nixon, for me will always remain the greatest president of the second half of the 20th century. He was a visionary and unmatched in foreign policy by any president since. I wish we had a man like him in the White House today.

[@ArmyJames]

Nixon sure loved the word “precipitive” (which isn’t even an actual word).

[@abdulkkhan5095]

He did end that war. God bless him.

[@joeysanguine3596]

Nixon Forever❤😊