“We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.”
Sympathy
“People react to fear, not love they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.”
FearAll Quotes by Richard M. Nixon
“Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
Best“I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.”
Sports“Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.”
Government“In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.”
Change“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.”
Truth“I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.”
Best“Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”
Anger“Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.”
Freedom“Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.”
Government“The Cold War isn't thawing it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.”
War“I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.”
History“We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.”
Government“As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.”
Peace“In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.”
Age“I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.”
Change“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
History“Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another.”
History“Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.”
Business“By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.”
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