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Richard Nixon: In other words, when we look at our strength, the thing that you can be proud of is that you can tell anybody in Europe…

On the recordJuly 4, 1971
In other words, when we look at our strength, the thing that you can be proud of is that you can tell anybody in Europe, in Asia, Latin America, anyplace in the world, that America in this century has never used its strength to break the peace, only to keep it.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Ceremony Marking the Certification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution

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