Carolina QuotesI can't ever say that, but I believe it.
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
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Responding to Rev. Billy Graham's assertion that the Jews have a "stranglehold" on the media that "has to be broken or the country's going down the drain." Quoted in The New Yorker (15 April 2002)
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- 2002
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“I can't ever say that, but I believe it.” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-37772D5DA3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/37772d5da3
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