Richard Nixon actually said...

It is a trend which all Americans must work to sustain by making sure that the enforcement process and the laws themselves are worthy of respect, and then by rendering them the full respect they deserve.

Context

Statement About Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 1972

05/14/1972

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