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Richard Nixon: A nation that condones blackmail and terror at home can hardly stand as the example in putting an end to international…

On the recordSeptember 15, 1970
A nation that condones blackmail and terror at home can hardly stand as the example in putting an end to international piracies or tensions that could explode into war abroad.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Address in the Alfred M. Landon Lecture Series at Kansas State University

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