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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1939 |
| AUTHOR: | Richard Milhous Nixon (1913–94) |
| QUOTATION: | A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | RICHARD M. NIXON, address before the National Association of Manufacturers, New York City, December 8, 1967.—James J. Kilpatrick quoted a transcript in his syndicated column in The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 26, 1967, p. A13. Nixon’s topic was the “war in our cities.” |
| SUBJECTS: | War |
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