Richard Nixon actually said...

And it assures that the widow, the retired couple, the small investor who have invested their life savings in securities will not suffer loss because of an operating failure in the mechanisms of the marketplace.

Context

Statement on Signing the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970.

12/29/1970

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