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Richard Nixon: There are things wrong with it, but in changing what is wrong, let's not destroy what is right.

On the recordJune 1, 1971
There are things wrong with it, but in changing what is wrong, let's not destroy what is right.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks to Delegates Attending the National Explorer Presidents' Congress.

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