Richard Nixon actually said...

The United States, as I indicated in what is called the Guam or Nixon Doctrine, cannot take the responsibility and should not take the responsibility in the future to send American men in to defend the neutrality of countries that are unable to defend themselves.

Context

The President's News Conference

05/07/1970

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