Richard Nixon: “Ours was conceived, in the eloquent simplicity of Lincoln's words, as…”

On the recordJune 26, 1968

Ours was conceived, in the eloquent simplicity of Lincoln's words, as a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on the CBS Radio Network: Toward an Expanded Democracy

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