Richard Nixon actually said...
I think it is very important that you brought home the point that while we have our political differences in the world, and while the world may be divided between the East and the West, and the East is divided within itself, and the West has its divisions, too, that when we talk about these diseases that afflict all people, and when we talk about the human suffering that occurs--not just to the individuals who have the disease, but within the families, the parents--that this is something that crosses all the political lines and all the geographical lines and whatever discoveries are made are going to help the whole world.
Context
Remarks on Accepting the Hope Chest Award of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
05/19/1969