Richard Nixon: “Adversity brings out the character of a man.”

On the recordApril 17, 1970

Adversity brings out the character of a man.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Apollo 13 Astronauts in Honolulu.

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