Word: deepest
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...added: "I trust that you understand that I could not in the light of these firm and repeated commitments carry out your direction . . . In the circumstances, therefore, I felt that I have no choice but to resign." Nixon accepted with a one-sentence note: "It is with the deepest regret and with an understanding of the circumstances which brought you to your decision that I accept your resignation." In his note to the President, Ruckelshaus wrote: "I am sorry my conscience will not permit me to carry out your instructions to fire Archibald Cox." Ruckelshaus was never directly informed that...
...address distantly recalled the great Crispin's Day oration in Shakespeare's Henry V. More significant was its substance. There was the predictable touch of saber rattling as Sadat warned that Egypt now had a homemade missile, the Zafir (Victor), that was capable of striking "the deepest depths of Israel." Yet under the guise of what he called an "open letter" to President Nixon, Sadat also offered a very concrete set of peace proposals. They included a ceasefire, provided that the Israelis would, under international supervision, withdraw to the pre-1967 war boundaries; an international peace conference...
...Israelis] are now faced with [a war of] attrition. That we can bear much better than they can. I would like to add, so they may hear in Israel: we are not advocates of annihilation. Egyptian missiles are now on their pads ready to be launched to the deepest depths of Israel. We could have given the signal and issued the order. But we realize the responsibility of using certain kinds of weapons and we restrain ourselves. Yet they have to remember what I still say: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth...
...ground swell of public opinion over the weekend had its deepest support among citizens who dislike Nixon and his policies. The outpour of new impeachment supporters, however, came from those who felt strongly that the President was placing himself above the law by threatening to defy Judge Sirica. Nixon recognized this reality when he instructed his lawyer, Charles Alan Wright, to state simply, "This president does not defy the law." This catch-phrase will be the cornerstone of Nixon's Watergate strategy in the coming weeks...
...happen to a society that is based on hatred and strength and distrust... America has never been true to itself unless it meant something beyond itself. As we work for a world at peace with justice, compassion and humanity, we know that America, in fulfilling man's deepest aspirations, fulfills what is best within...