Richard Nixon actually said...

For the first time in history, the nations of the world sat down together to seek better understanding of each other's environmental problems and to explore opportunities for positive action, individually and collectively.

Context

Statement About the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden

06/19/1972

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