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Richard Nixon: A nation that can move three persons across 240,000 miles of space to the Moon should be able to move 240,000 persons…

On the recordOctober 31, 1972
A nation that can move three persons across 240,000 miles of space to the Moon should be able to move 240,000 persons across 3 miles of a city to get to work.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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