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On the recordSeptember 26, 1960
This, my friends, is what America must present to the world - a country, yes, that is stronger than any other militarily and economically, but a country also that is proud primarily of its faith, its faith in its ideals, its faith in the great freedoms which we have inherited from our ancestors, freedoms which are bigger than our Nation, that belong to the whole world, itself, freedoms that we have an obligation to hold high here, to make them a reality to all and to carry to all the world.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks by the Vice President, W. C. Handy Park, Memphis, TN

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