Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 297-039
Date: Friday, November 12, 1971 at 2:25 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/297-039

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[2:09:32] You have to run a war, you know.
[2:09:35] That poor dad, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Wilson.
[2:09:38] Oh, they went through horrible agonies, but they had no choice.
[2:09:41] They had to win or lose.
[2:09:42] Lincoln went through agonies, but Wilson and Roosevelt had a great time.
[2:09:47] You have to run a war where the whole public is for you.