Richard Nixon actually said...

I believe that this ill-timed measure should be rejected, and that our efforts should be directed toward the positive tasks and the great opportunities for achieving a real peace that lie before us.

Context

Letter to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services About United States Troops in Europe.

11/22/1971

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