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Richard Nixon: It was Jefferson, I think, who perhaps made the most cogent comment about the relationship between press and the…

On the recordApril 21, 1970
It was Jefferson, I think, who perhaps made the most cogent comment about the relationship between press and the Government.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Eight Journalists.

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