Carolina QuotesIsn't it better to talk about the relative merits of washing machines than the relative strength of rockets? Isn't this the kind of competition you want?
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
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Remarks to Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev during the Kitchen Debate (24 July 1959)
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- 1959
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