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Richard Nixon: We cannot accept a wave of crime as the wave of the future.

On the recordJuly 30, 1968
We cannot accept a wave of crime as the wave of the future.
Said by
Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement Submitted to Republican National Convention Committee on Resolutions: 'The Crusade Against Crime'

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