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Richard Nixon

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.

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Oct 27, 1960

We've got to make it clear that the United States is not going to surrender to them in any part of the world.

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Oct 27, 1960

This means that the American people don't agree with Senator Kennedy.

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Oct 27, 1960

Whoever is President of this country is going to have to be the leader of the free world and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of this country.

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Oct 27, 1960

We're going to do our level best to give you the kind of government that Americans want, regardless of what your party may be.

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Oct 27, 1960

No program should compel anybody to have health insurance if he doesn't want it.

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Oct 27, 1960

America and the world have learned, in dealing with Hitler, one dictator, that the moment you feed a dictator's appetite by giving in to his demands for territory that you never satisfy it, that you only encourage it and stimulate it.

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Oct 27, 1960

America needs to develop to the fullest the talents of any young man or woman who is qualified to go to college.

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Oct 27, 1960

My friends, this election is not primarily important from my standpoint.

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Oct 27, 1960

The American people are just too smart. They aren’t going to believe it.

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Oct 27, 1960

We naturally have a tendency to feel that way because, as you know, we have a couple of young daughters, one 12 and one 14.

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Oct 27, 1960

America is the greatest country in the world and the way you can keep it great is by voting your conscience.

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Oct 27, 1960

You're making the most important decision possibly you'll ever make in your lives.

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Oct 27, 1960

We just know how tremendously interested you are in your Government and the problems that we will be confronting in the years ahead.

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Oct 27, 1960

The moment a dictator learns that you're going to turn something over, the moment that he learns that he can blackmail you, the inevitable result is that he will push you, and he'll eventually push you to the point that you have to fight.

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Oct 27, 1960

We cannot afford in these critical times to have as President of the United States a man who does not think first before he acts.

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