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Richard Nixon: “There is a little vignette which tells us something about this man, which perhaps, as the John Quincy Adams of today has…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 1971
There is a little vignette which tells us something about this man, which perhaps, as the John Quincy Adams of today has already alluded to.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Accepting the Adams Portraits for the White House Collection.

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