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North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas

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Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam (November 3, 1969)

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1969

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“North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. …” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A9BD6CEE0A. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a9bd6cee0a

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