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Richard Nixon: You know, you apply for something, and they give you something else.

On the recordMarch 11, 1971
You know, you apply for something, and they give you something else.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Exchange of Remarks With Reporters at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island.

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