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Richard Nixon: I refuse to go around this country trying to buy the people's votes with their own money.

On the recordOctober 2, 1960
I refuse to go around this country trying to buy the people's votes with their own money.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Partial Transcript of Speech by the Vice President, Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

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