On the recordSeptember 25, 1960
I can only say I would rather be a grocery clerk in the United States than to have his job in the Soviet Union.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRichard Nixon: “I can only say I would rather be a grocery clerk in the United States than to have his job in the Soviet Union.”
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Speech by the Vice President Before the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Hotel Morrison, Chicago, IL
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