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Richard Nixon: “We must not permit private profiteering at the expense of public sacrifice.”

On the recordJanuary 22, 1974
We must not permit private profiteering at the expense of public sacrifice.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the Energy Crisis.

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