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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by Richard Milhous Nixon
“We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices”
First Inaugural Address, Middle of the address, after "a fever of words" (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Nixon's call for civil public speech after the protests and violence of 1968.
Citation: "We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices" — Richard Milhous Nixon, First Inaugural Address, Middle of the address, after "a fever of words" (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id nixon-first-inaugural-address-q4)
