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Richard Nixon: The women have a feeling in their hearts for all the unfortunates not only in this country but in other countries and…

On the recordOctober 2, 1960
The women have a feeling in their hearts for all the unfortunates not only in this country but in other countries and the very fact that they get this across; that they let the people of these countries know that we help them, not just because we are fighting communism, but because we would be concerned about misery and disease, be concerned about want even if there were no communism - because the women can convey that and do convey it better than the men - this, believe me, helps us abroad and Pat, certainly, I say with pardonable pride, has done that for all the women of America, has helped to convey that true picture better than we men have been able to convey it.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks by the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon, Washington National Airport, Washington, DC

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