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Richard Nixon: We must also recognize another proposition, and that is that a great responsibility particularly rests upon the great…

On the recordApril 9, 1972
We must also recognize another proposition, and that is that a great responsibility particularly rests upon the great powers, that every great power must follow the principle that it should not encourage directly or indirectly any other nation to use force or armed aggression against one of its neighbors.
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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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