Quotes by American President Richard M. Nixon
Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Richard M. Nixon, president
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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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A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
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- #defeated
Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
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- #chief
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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People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.
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- #fear
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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Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.
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I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
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- #cool
I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- #burning
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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- #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.
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There will be no whitewash in the White House.
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If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.
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- #blunt
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