Richard M. Nixon Quotes

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Richard M. Nixon

Profession : President

Birth : January 9, 1913

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

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Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

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Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

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Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

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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.

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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.

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You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

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I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

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The press is the enemy.

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Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.

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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

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If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

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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.

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The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

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A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

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Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.

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Solutions are not the answer.

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Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

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