Richard Nixon actually said...
If we do all these things and if we have the united support of an American people who don't think we're a second-rate country - and, believe me, we aren't, and I resent anybody who says it in any respect - if we have that kind of support, we then will provide the leadership that you want and that America needs.
Context
Remarks of the Vice President, Rear Train Platform, Deschler, OH
10/25/1960