Richard Nixon actually said...

I believe that the charge that America's prestige in the world is lost, or impaired, or low, or declining, is both absurd and irresponsible.

Excerpts of Remarks Prepared for Delivery by the Vice President of the United States, Lafayette, LA, and Jackson, MS

09/23/1960

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