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Richard Nixon: “The most important quality that you can have in an army, whether it is an army in war or an army in a political campaign…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 1971
The most important quality that you can have in an army, whether it is an army in war or an army in a political campaign or an organization in a great national administration, is selflessness.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Dedication of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Republican Center.

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