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On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
It is so important that America have the best leadership, whatever party may be that we can provide, that I ask everybody listening to me to make the decision not on the basis of the party label, the candidates for the Presidency and the Vice President, but make it on this basis: What does America need?
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Speech of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Arlin Field High School Football Stadium, Mansfield, OH

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