Richard Nixon actually said...

I say that in this critical period America has to have leadership which is firm, which is nonbelligerent, and that that kind of leadership can keep the peace.

Context

Remarks of the Vice President, Rear Train Platform, Greensburg, PA

10/23/1960

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