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Richard Nixon: Discrimination that is based on age-what some people call age-ism--can be as wrong as discrimination based on race or…

On the recordJune 24, 1971
Discrimination that is based on age-what some people call age-ism--can be as wrong as discrimination based on race or religion or any other irrelevant test.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Convention of the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons in...

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