Richard Nixon actually said...

For that reason, on this occasion we speak with more feeling than usual of the absolute necessity for the United States to work together with your Government and with the governments of all free nations to see that we maintain the strength that will make possible the substitution of an era of negotiation for one of confrontation, because with that strength negotiation will be possible, without that strength negotiation will not be considered to be necessary.

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Toasts of the President and President Giuseppe Saragat of Italy at a Luncheon in Rome

09/27/1970

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