Richard Nixon actually said...
Well, I think it's time also that we recognize this: That we do have troubles in the world, and I can tell you we're going to continue to have them, but the question is not whether you have troubles, but whether you handle them by avoiding war on the one side or surrender on the other.
Context
Remarks of the Vice President, Rear Train Platform, Kalamazoo, MI
10/26/1960