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

I noted that Memphis, from the little slip that the mayor handed me as I got in my car, is proud of the fact, and justly so, that you have 670 churches, and that's about 10 more than you have service stations.

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

We say the way to progress is not to weaken the States, but to strengthen the States and the local governments.

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

I want to say, too, I'm honored that the mayor of this great city, who supports my opponent, was gracious enough to welcome me.

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

Memphis is a splendid example, this whole State of Tennessee, the neighboring State of Arkansas, and the neighboring State of Mississippi.

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

We believe the way to greatest progress in America is not to weaken the States and the local government, but to strengthen the States and the local government.

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

This, my friends, is what America must present to the world - a country, yes, that is stronger than any other militarily and economically, but a country also that is proud primarily of its faith, its faith in its ideals, its faith in the…

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

You want a better life in the future than you had for yourselves, because that's the American way.

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

Because the Los Angeles convention left the Democrats, millions of them in this country, because they departed from the true principles of the Democratic Party, which millions support.

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

For 5 years we've been trying to get it through the Congress and they have refused to enact the program that the President wanted.

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

May no President of the United States, Democratic or Republican, ever consider it necessary to apologize or express regrets to Mr. Khrushchev for defending the security of the United States of America.

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

This time they're going to look beneath the party labels and see whether or not the label covers the real thing.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Sep 25, 1960

I do not tell you that the Federal Government is the answer to all of our problems.

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