Richard Nixon actually said...

Termination implies that the Federal government has taken on a trusteeship responsibility for Indian communities as an act of generosity toward a disadvantaged people and that it can therefore discontinue this responsibility on a unilateral basis whenever it sees fit.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on Indian Affairs

07/07/1970

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