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Richard Nixon: “But everyone who has had the privilege of knowing this nation from visiting it, as I have on many occasions, would share…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 1969
But everyone who has had the privilege of knowing this nation from visiting it, as I have on many occasions, would share the sentiment expressed by Benjamin Franklin many years ago when he said that every man has two homes: 'France and his own.'
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Arrival at the Airport in Paris

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