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I could leave this room and in 25 minutes, 70 million people would be dead.

Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas

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As attributed in "The Case Against Donald Trump", by Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, (10/2020)

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2020

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“I could leave this room and in 25 minutes, 70 million people…” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-406B4656AC. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/406b4656ac

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