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When President Nixon said that the American people don't want their foreign policy dictated from the street, unfortunately, he said the most clever political statement I think he's ever said.
Allard K. Lowenstein
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Allard K. Lowenstein
Age: 51 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 16
Died: 1980
Died: March 14
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