“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.”
Time“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.”
Peace“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.”
Time“A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.”
Government“The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.”
History“You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.”
Best“When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.”
Fear“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.”
Truth“All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.”
Politics“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.”
Peace“It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.”
Time“My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.”
Dad“Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.”
Government“Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.”
Change“Upon books the collective education of the race depends they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.”
Education“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.”
Art“Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.”
Humor“When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.”
Government“The reward of suffering is experience.”
Experience“Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.”
Truth“The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.”
Great“A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.”
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