All Richard M. Nixon Quotes
Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.
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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.
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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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I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.
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I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.
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Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
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If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.
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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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If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.
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Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
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What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.
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I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.
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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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It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.
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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.
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