Richard Nixon actually said...

I will only say this: We can be proud of our tremendous progress in reclamation and power in comparison with any country; but this is especially true compared with the Soviet Union.

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Excerpts of Remarks by the Vice President Prepared for Delivery at Portland, Oregon, and Boise, ID

09/12/1960

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