Richard Nixon actually said...

I have given instructions--quite harshly, I should say--to all of those there, not that they needed a harsh statement, but I felt it is very important that there not be any infighting, there not be any competition, there not be any struggle for power because of our setting up.

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Remarks About the Nation's Energy Shortage

12/12/1973

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