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Compare And Contrast Nixon Vs Ford
Richard Nixon said in his resignation speech “As we look to the future , the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this Nation, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us and to rediscover those shared ideals that lie at the heart of our strength and unity as a great and as aa free people”. Nixon and Gerald Ford both share the same views on this and other things. But they also have many differences. Nixon and Ford are alike but different by, wanting to keep the main focus on America and its people, only one has the power to act, and both have hopes for the country and each other. Both Nixon and Ford share the same thoughts throughout their presidencies. They both want to focus on the United States at hand

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