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Richard Nixon: We sought an expanding agriculture rather than a shrinking agriculture, a voluntary farm program rather than compulsory…

On the recordOctober 26, 1972
We sought an expanding agriculture rather than a shrinking agriculture, a voluntary farm program rather than compulsory controls, a market oriented agriculture rather than a government-dominated agriculture.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Radio Address on the American Farmer

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