Richard Nixon: “You did not reach the moon but you reached the hearts of millions of…”

On the recordApril 17, 1970

You did not reach the moon but you reached the hearts of millions of people on earth by what you did.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Apollo 13 Astronauts in Honolulu.

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Richard Nixon: “You did not reach the moon but you reached the hearts of millions of people on earth by what you did.”