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Richard Nixon: Let me tell you, you can't pay these men what it is really worth.

On the recordOctober 27, 1972
Let me tell you, you can't pay these men what it is really worth.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Informal Remarks in North Royalton, Ohio

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