Richard Nixon actually said...

A totalitarian lead in research and development is likely only if the U. S. follows short-sighted policies.

Remarks in New York City: 'The Research Gap: Crisis in American Science and Technology'

10/04/1968

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We must take the responsibilities and the opportunities this position of leadership gives us.

Like our parents and grandparents, we have our own tests.

Call this humility, which they called it in Lincoln's case, call it what you like, but it is the way a great country ought to be.