Richard Nixon actually said...

We have had the opportunity--an opportunity that we think we have used well--to get control of this Government, of the vast administrative machinery; to develop the plans and the programs over these past 3½ months which will enable us to make progress on these issues.

Context

Remarks at the Republican Victory Dinner

05/06/1969

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