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Richard Nixon: “The people of this Nation are eager to get on with the quest for new greatness.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1971
The people of this Nation are eager to get on with the quest for new greatness.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union.

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