Richard Nixon actually said...

I will, therefore, propose legislation to acquire the requisite legal interest in 547,000 acres of the swamp.

Statement Proposing Federal Acquisition of Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, for a National Reserve.

11/22/1971

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The rate of crime in the District of Columbia has been cut in half in the past 3 years.

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