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Richard Nixon: It is a very great pleasure to have at this head table at least two or three people who are not running for the office…

On the recordApril 12, 1972
It is a very great pleasure to have at this head table at least two or three people who are not running for the office which I now hold.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Toasts of the President and Governor-General Roland Michener of Canada

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