Richard M. Nixon

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  • “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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “I don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “People react to fear, not love they don’t teach that in Sunday School, but it’s true.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • “I’ve analyzed the best I can… and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.” -Richard M. Nixon

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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.” -Richard M. Nixon

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  • In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. – Richard M. Nixon

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