Richard Nixon: “You can get a crowd out, but you cannot make that crowd smile unless…”

On the recordJune 11, 1974

You can get a crowd out, but you cannot make that crowd smile unless they want to smile.

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Toasts of the President and President Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt at a State Dinner in Cairo

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Richard Nixon: “You can get a crowd out, but you cannot make that crowd smile unless they want to smile.”