Richard Nixon actually said...

Well, Mr. Quinn, I would certainly not be standing here answering these questions unless I had a firm belief that we could keep the republic, that we must keep it, not only for ourselves but for the whole world.

Context

Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, Orlando, Florida

11/16/1973

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