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Richard Nixon: What brings morale is not what happens down in the ranks, but the leadership and the example that is set at the top.

On the recordJanuary 30, 1969
What brings morale is not what happens down in the ranks, but the leadership and the example that is set at the top.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Pentagon to Top Officials of the Department of Defense.

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