Carolina QuotesA man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
Source
1969 note to self, as quoted in Nixon (1987) by Stephen E. Ambrose, p. 284
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- 1969
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- p. 284
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