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Richard Nixon: The reason it is essential, and I consider the program urgent, is that in all great industrial societies we face two…

On the recordJune 3, 1971
The reason it is essential, and I consider the program urgent, is that in all great industrial societies we face two challenges: one, to find new sources of energy to fuel the economy; and two, to find sources of energy that will not pollute the environment.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks About a Special Message to the Congress on Energy Resources.

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