Richard Nixon: “This action rights a wrong going back 65 years.”

On the recordMay 19, 1972

This action rights a wrong going back 65 years.

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Republican · California

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Statement on Signing Executive Order Providing for Return of Certain Lands to the Yakima Indian Reservation.

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This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

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I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

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I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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