Richard Nixon actually said...

You can assure the Members of the House and the Senate, and all those gathered here, and those who may be listening or hearing on television or radio, that the present Turkish Government is totally committed to stopping all growing of the opium poppy, and also totally committed to stop smuggling through Turkey in any way that will add to the drug problem in the United States of America.

Context

Remarks on Signing the Drug Abuse office and Treatment Act of 1972

03/20/1972

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Richard Nixon Quotes

We sought an expanding agriculture rather than a shrinking agriculture, a voluntary farm program rather than compulsory controls, a market o...
10/26/1972
It is, and has always been, my own deeply held view that progress toward a unified Europe enhances world peace, security, and prosperity.
10/26/1972
The United States will approach forthcoming negotiations on monetary and trade reform.
10/26/1972
We must use it as an opportunity to better the human condition, to lift up the hearts and the hopes of all mankind.
10/26/1972

View All Richard Nixon Quotes