If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that me…

Richard M. Nixon
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If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. ✨ An interview with Nixon: 'Defeated, but not finished'. Interview with Nick Thimmesch, Chicago Tribune, December 11, 1978.
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If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. ✨ An interview with Nixon: 'Defeated, but not finished'. Interview with Nick Thimmesch, Chicago Tribune, December 11, 1978.

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