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Richard Nixon: “American leadership is the key to whether or not nations that could be at swords' point, nations that could be engaged…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1974
American leadership is the key to whether or not nations that could be at swords' point, nations that could be engaged in war against each other, may find a way to get along, to avoid war.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Dinner in Bel Air, California, Honoring the President

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