I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with rel…

Richard M. Nixon
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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. ✨ Television interview with David Frost, 19 May 1977, in David Frost I Gave Them a Sword (1978) ch. 10
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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. ✨ Television interview with David Frost, 19 May 1977, in David Frost I Gave Them a Sword (1978) ch. 10

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