Richard Nixon actually said...

the statement that Senator Kennedy made... was that - to the effect that there were trigger-happy Republicans

Presidential Debate Broadcast from New York and Los Angeles

10/12/1960

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First, above everything else we need leadership that will keep the peace without surrender and extend freedom throughout the world.

I know this country; I have seen the world.

I say no American could stand there and take that without answering back and standing up for the United States of America.

I've never seen any as tall as this crowd in New York here today.