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Richard Nixon: We will be willing to go that extra mile, but we will always stand for the right - and you can be sure that, like…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1960
We will be willing to go that extra mile, but we will always stand for the right - and you can be sure that, like President Eisenhower, we will never think of apologizing for attempting to defend the freedom of the United States against surprise attack.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Speech by the Vice President, Closed Circuit Television, 1960 Campaign Dinner, Boston, MA

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