As Vance himself stated in the speech, and as various articles and blog posts have pointed out, it was former President Richard Nixon who first said "the professors are the enemy." Vance put it as ...

This initiative was not the handiwork of left-wing liberals but of the administration of Richard Nixon ... up a lot of old speeches denouncing deficit spending." To this Nixon replied, "I'm ...

Richard Nixon is responsible for the shortest recorded State of the Union speech, with his January 20, 1972 address lasting only 28:55.