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Richard Nixon: The way to build a better country is to discover again the grace and the beauty of this heartland of America so that…

On the recordJuly 30, 1971
The way to build a better country is to discover again the grace and the beauty of this heartland of America so that people, instead of moving out, will move back here and develop it again.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Dedication of the Rathbun Dam Near Centerville, Iowa.

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