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Richard Nixon: We cannot point our finger to the other cities or the national crime statistics unless we do something about crime here…

On the recordOctober 8, 1969
We cannot point our finger to the other cities or the national crime statistics unless we do something about crime here where we are and where we have the responsibility.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks With Participants in the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership Meeting on Crime in the District of Columbia

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