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Richard Nixon: When that nurse comes in and gives you that thermometer, or whatever else she has to give you--some bad tasting medicine…

On the recordJuly 19, 1973
When that nurse comes in and gives you that thermometer, or whatever else she has to give you--some bad tasting medicine or whatever the case may be--it isn't her competence that matters so much, but it is the fact that she smiles, she lifts you, she makes you feel better.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Departure From Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland.

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