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Richard Nixon: My wife always says, 'I just wish you would stand as straight as you did when you came from Quonset.'

On the recordMarch 11, 1971
My wife always says, 'I just wish you would stand as straight as you did when you came from Quonset.'
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Exchange of Remarks With Reporters at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island.

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