Environmental Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

8 Environmental quotes by Richard M. Nixon

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Richard M. Nixon’s climate remarks are distilled into eight concise statements, each hinting at policy considerations of environmental impact. This brief set provides a snapshot of his eco‑positions.

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In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.

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We are committed to cleaning up the air and cleaning up the water. But we also are committed to a strong economy,…

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It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure…

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An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must…

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We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the…

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The environmental agenda before the Congress includes laws to deal with water pollution, pesticide hazards, ocean dumping, excessive noise, careless land development…

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The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations…

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We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will…

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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. But as…

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With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift…

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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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What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of…

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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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