“I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.”
Business
“We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.”
SympathyAll 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“Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”
Anger“I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.”
Cool“It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.”
History“I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.”
History“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”
Change“You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.”
Anger“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“I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.”
Sports“In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.”
Age“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“Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.”
History“You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.”
History“Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.”
Government“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”
History“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“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“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've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.”
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