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Richard Nixon: He needs to be not only articulate, as he is, as he has just demonstrated, and tenacious, as he obviously will be, but…

On the recordDecember 1, 1971
He needs to be not only articulate, as he is, as he has just demonstrated, and tenacious, as he obviously will be, but he also has to be a magician.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Earl L. Butz as Secretary of Agriculture.

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