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Richard Nixon: Environmental problems occur today because we were not alert enough, informed enough, or farseeing enough yesterday.

On the recordJanuary 28, 1970
Environmental problems occur today because we were not alert enough, informed enough, or farseeing enough yesterday.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About the Council on Environmental Quality

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