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Richard Nixon: “Self-reliance, prudence and independence are qualities which our Government should work to encourage among our people.”

On the recordDecember 7, 1971
Self-reliance, prudence and independence are qualities which our Government should work to encourage among our people.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Special Message to the Congress on a Pension Reform Program.

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