[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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    RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: HIS STRENGTH AND FLAWS WERE THE STUFF OF 
                              SHAKESPEARE

  (Mrs. BENTLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BENTLEY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday this Nation mourned the passing 
of Richard Milhous Nixon, grocer's son, Navy officer, Congressman, 
Senator, Vice President, President, and ultimately, senior statesman to 
the generations which followed him, both in this Nation and abroad.
  The measure of any man, public or private, is the legacy which lives 
beyond his allotted span. The opening of China, the first breach of the 
Iron Curtain, the beginnings of disarmament and his inauguration of 
international human rights and the Helsinki Commission are just a few 
of the global landmarks fashioned by this remarkable intellect.
  The national day of mourning yesterday recognized the respect in 
which this giant was held by the Nation's leaders and the thousands of 
Americans who never lost faith in his vision for the country and its 
place in modern history.
  In the post-war world, Richard Nixon's influence and stature will be 
assured in the history of the last half of the 20th century. His 
strength and flaws were the stuff of Shakespeare; the one so great, the 
other so human, so unfortunately tragic.
  Mr. Speaker, I was privileged to know him as his first major woman 
appointee.
  God bless his family and his memory.

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