Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Khrushchev made some remarks about washing machines, but Nixon pursued the debate: "Is it not far better to be talking about washing machines than machines of war, like rockets? Isn't this the kind of competition you want...
...Nixon: You are strong and we are strong. In some ways you are stronger, but in other ways we might be stronger. We are both so strong, not only in weapons but also in will and spirit, that neither should ever put the other in a position where he faces in effect an ultimatum...
Tense and wide-eyed, the scores of officials, security guards and newsmen who were touring the exhibition with Nixon and Khrushchev clustered around the debaters. "I hope the Prime Minister has understood all the implications of what I said," Nixon went on. with an oblique reference to Berlin. "What I mean is that the moment we place either one of these powerful nations, through an ultimatum, in a position where it has no choice but to accept dictation or fight, then you are playing with the most destructive force in the world...
Khrushchev (flushed, wagging a finger near Nixon's face): We too are giants. If you want to threaten, we will answer threat with threat...
...Nixon: We never engage in threats...