Richard Nixon actually said...

We intend to reduce the cost of Government in Washington; to organize it for performance; to return government to the people; to give the people the opportunity to do something about it, by bringing government back to where the people are.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting First Annual Report on the Availability of Government Services to Rural Areas.

02/28/1971

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