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Richard Nixon: We believe the way to greatest progress in America is not to weaken the States and the local government, but to…

On the recordSeptember 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
Republican · California

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Remarks by the Vice President, Hospital Baseball Field, West Memphis, AR

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