Richard Nixon actually said...

The wit, taste, intelligence, and elegance that Duke Ellington brought to his music have made him, in the eyes of millions of people both here and abroad, America's foremost composer.

Context

Statement on the Death of Duke Ellington.

05/23/1974

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