Famous Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

  • Always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And... More
  • For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways—to the voices of... More
  • The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. More
  • Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth—to see it like it is, and tell it like it... More
  • The Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it... More
  • A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than... More
  • There can be no whitewash at the White House. More
  • People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. More
  • No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then,... More
  • The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public... More
  • I don’t think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he... More
  • Once you get into this great stream of history you can’t get out. You can drown. Or you can be... More
  • The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up. More
  • When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. More
  • Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can... More
  • Life isn’t meant to be easy. It’s hard to take being on the top—or on the bottom. I guess... More
  • Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that it’s not going to be... More
  • Castro couldn’t even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet. More
  • This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of... More
  • Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. More
  • People react to fear, not love—they don’t teach that in Sunday School, but it’s true. More
  • Defeat doesn’t finish a man—quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s... More
  • A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life’s... More
  • The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the... More
  • The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always... More
  • There had been no thievery or venality. We had all simply wandered into a situation unthinkingly,... More
  • I played by the rules of politics as I found them. More

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