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On the recordSeptember 20, 1960
But let me say this: There is also a responsibility at a time like this - and at all times, for that matter - to be sure that the criticisms are based on fact and not on distortion
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Speech of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Ozark Empire Fair Grounds, Springfield, MO

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