Richard Nixon: “I know it is the custom to tell graduating classes that they are…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1971

I know it is the custom to tell graduating classes that they are facing great opportunities and great obligations.

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Republican · California

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Address at Graduation Exercises of the Naval Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island

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Richard Nixon: “I know it is the custom to tell graduating classes that they are facing great opportunities and great obligations.”