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Richard Nixon: I say no American could stand there and take that without answering back and standing up for the United States of…

On the recordOctober 4, 1960
I say no American could stand there and take that without answering back and standing up for the United States of America.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Speech of Vice President Nixon, Columbian Republican League Luncheon, Commodore Hotel, New York, NY

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