Richard Nixon actually said...

I hope America will always be the land of the open door, because as long as that door is open, it means that this land will continue to grow and continue to prosper and continue to have that drive which makes a great nation.

Context

Remarks to Members Attending the 1971 Symposium of the American Committee on Italian Migration.

06/07/1971

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