Carolina QuotesAnd I want you to know that I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do for the people of the United States.
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
Source
State of the Union Address (January 30, 1974)
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- 1974
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“And I want you to know that I have no intention whatever of …” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-65A10CFA33. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/65a10cfa33
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