“Do you want to make a point or do you want to make a change? do you want to get something off your chest, or do you want to get something done?”

—  Richard Nixon

Campaign speech in Michigan (1968) https://books.google.com/?id=uXRx5hGm8zYC&amp;dq=&quot;Do+you+want+to+make+a+point+or+do+you+want+to+make+a+change&quot;&amp;pg=PA17 <br class="br">1960s

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