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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presidency.ucsb.eduRichard Nixon: “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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