I had 16 other prisons that I needed to pay attention to, and we did. And I had 3,400 soldiers who were depending on me to take care of them, and I did.
As Vice President I must uphold the policies of the Administration 100 percent. If I disagree in any way it is my duty to keep silent.
I really do not want to carry some kind of party function.
It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.
The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on this subject; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.
To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.
I've always approached my job first as a physician. I'm here to help and take care of patients. I'm an administrator second.
A man is merely to implement the law. He is there not to decide what to implement as we already have the law. We don't have a legislative body.
