1974 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Richard Nixon February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1974 State of the Union Address 9:00 p.m. EST 43 minutes 1974 01 30 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type:event inline,title State of the Union Address Richard NixonGerald FordCarl Albert Previous 1973 State of the Union Address Next 1975 State of the Union Address The 1974 State of the Union Address was given to the 93rd United States Congress, on Wednesday, January 30, 1974, by Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States. 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's 1974 SOTU addressNixon, 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 South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Nixon also called for the end of the Watergate investigations. He resigned months later due to the investigations. References Richard Nixon's Fifth State of the Union Address 1974 State of the Union Address Inline citations General references 1974 State of the Union Address (full video and audio at www.millercenter.org) 1973 State of the Union Address 1975 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1974 Category:Speeches by Richard Nixon Category:Presidency of Richard Nixon Category:93rd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:January 1974 in the United States Category:1970s State of the Union addresses