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"the rate of increase of inflation is decreasing"

— Richard Nixon

January 1, 1970

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Presidents of the United States Politicians from California Quakers United States presidential candidates, 1972 United States presidential candidates, 1968

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Often attributed to Nixon, this is a slight misquote of a second-hand account of what he said. "In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection." Hugo Rossi:" Mathematics Is an Edifice, Not a Toolbox". Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 1996. Vol 43, No 10, pg 1108.

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Often attributed to Nixon, this is a slight misquote of a second-hand account of what he said. "In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection." Hugo Rossi:" Mathematics Is an Edifice, Not a Toolbox". Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 1996. Vol 43, No 10, pg 1108.