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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1960

They want a future in which our young people, all the thousands of children here, can grow up as they have in the Eisenhower years, in peace.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1960

We cannot afford in these critical times to have as President of the United States a man who does not think first before he acts.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1960

The way to correct them is to move forward with faith and confidence in the greatest country in the world.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1960

Government should always encourage people to handle these problems themselves.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

May I request that all of those who have signs hold them down so the people in back can see a little better?

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

And I am proud of the fact that I stand here as a member of the team that has served for 7½ years with President Eisenhower and in those 7½ years we got America out of the war she was in.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

And I have been thrilled by the fact that, as we have whistlestopped through Michigan today, we have had the biggest crowds in the history of every town we have been in on that whistlestop tour - and this can mean only one thing: that…

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

My friends, we will win, and we will win provided we don't get a second-class psychology in the United States about what we believe in this country and what we stand for.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

I could spell it out in great detail, but let me just point it up with a few examples.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

I believe that the American people recognize that when we stand for sound policies in Lansing, for sound policies in Washington, this proves we are the ones who care for the people.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

He knows, as well as I do, that at the present time we have 68 million employed in this country, at the highest wages in history.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 26, 1960

I say to you people here in Battle Creek today that at this critical time in our history we need men who know who the enemies of the United States are.

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