America Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

18 America quotes by Richard M. Nixon

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Richard M. Nixon’s 18 statements provide a candid look at his view of American politics, power dynamics, and the complexities of leaving a lasting imprint on the nation’s history.

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If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

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America will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody, anyplace.

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Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

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If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant,…

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I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the…

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The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its…

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They put the Jewish interest above America's interest and it's about goddamn time that the Jew in America realizes he's an American…

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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…

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My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his…

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I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body.…

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Nothing matters more to the future of this Nation than insuring that our young men and women learn to believe in themselves…

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The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace…

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Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of…

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Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and…

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When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when…

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We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when…

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This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it…

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But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in…

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I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice,

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Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people…

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Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out. You can drown. Or you can be pulled ashore by the…

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The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.

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History is a pathetic junkyard of broken treaties.

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I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision.…

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Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

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I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned…

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I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

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I want to be sure...that nothing is done on these veterans. Is that understood?...Is the word out? That they are not to touch em,…

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“Nations not possessing great power can indulge in the luxury of criticism of others; those possessing it have the responsibility of decision. Faced with…

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The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can…

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