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Nixon Speech

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President Nixon's contributions to American society are so vast that it would take me all of my time here this evening as well as most of the first year of my Presidency to list and discuss all of them with you.

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Never has a President contributed so vastly to building a dominant foreign policy as well as such a large domestic agenda. Having grown from such humble beginnings Richard Nixon, in the spirit of all that is American, fought his way to political stardom.

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As a young go getter, Nixon gain popularity by taking a strong stand against Communism, and the world it creates. Having known his share of political triumphs as well as losses, Nixon persevered, after a close race for the presidency in 1960. Almost as close as the one I was involved in.

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Having showed his stamina in the political arena for eight more years he staged a comeback into politics that set in motion, some of the greatest political ideas to date. With help from Henry Kissinger he started a movement into foreign policy that would lead to the ending of an awful conflict in Vietnam.

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Nixon opened up long since closed lines with the people of China and re-opened trade between our two super nations. He negotiated, SALT and SALT II agreements with the people of the now defunct Soviet Union which agreed to a great deal of disarmament of nuclear weapons as well as ending the space race between the countries.

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His Policies within the U.S. are so numerous I will only point out a few. He desegregated schools, started the environmental protection agency; his welfare reform ideas were so monumental. He conceived the DEA and rendered treatment for Vietnam veterans with drug problems.

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He made America a better place for us all to live. His problems with the Watergate scandal even taught American's a great and often forgotten idea. Honesty is the best policy.

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As we look back on the United States history here tonight and the presidents who helped shape the American way of life Richard Nixon is remembered as leader who always fought the good fight and believed in his own ideas. Those ideas, which have kept us, the American people living under the blanket of freedom with the pride, that being an American brings.

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