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Richard Nixon: “It means that all the scientists of the world, certainly a universal community, whatever their language, whatever their…”

On the recordApril 9, 1972
It means that all the scientists of the world, certainly a universal community, whatever their language, whatever their race, whatever their background, instead of working to develop biological weapons which one nation might use against another nation, now may devote their entire energy toward working against the enemy of all mankind--disease.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks at the Signing Ceremony of the Biological Weapons Convention.

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