...reminded all Americans, we shall increase our wealth by 50 percent. But, he asked, does this mean that we will be 50 percent richer in a real sense, 50 percent better off, 50 percent happier? He responded to his own questions in these words: "The answer is not to abandon growth but to redirect...

...shift in land use. As a consequence of the shift in land use, use of fertilizer and other op-the-farm materials Is increased without a corresponding increase...percent happier? Or does it mean that in the year 1960 the President standing in this place will look back on a decade in which 70 percent of our i>eople...

...voiced the same sentiment in the State of the Union address in 1970: 1 7 In the next ten years, we will increase our wealth by 50 percent. The profound question is, does this mean that we will be 50 percent richer in any real sense, 50 percent better off, 50 percent happier? Dissatisfaction...

...Richard Nixon ended his State of the Union speech in January l970 by asking: In the next l0 years we will increase our wealth by 50 percent. The profound question is: does this mean that we will be 50 percent richer in any real sense. 50 percent better off, 50 percent happier? (Nixon...

...claimed the mantle of the first modern environmental president in his 1970 State of the Union Address: In the next 10 years we shall increase our wealth...percent happier? Or does it mean that in the year 1 980 the President standing in this place will look back on a decade in which 70 percent of our people...

...shali increase our wealth by 50 percent The profound question is — doethis mean we will be 50 percem richer in a real sense, 50 percent better off, 50 percent happier?' President Nixon asked this valueladen question in his State of the Union message last January, and...