--- title: "24 Ifs Quotes By Richard M. Nixon" description: "24 Ifs quotes by Richard M. Nixon. Plus more from Richard M. Nixon and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/richard-m-nixon-727_hate_those-who-hate-us-only-win-if-we-hate-th_2550951.jpg" --- > [Those who hate us only win if we hate them back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/those-who-hate-us-only-win-if-we-hate-them-back/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/richard-m-nixon-727_hate_those-who-hate-us-only-win-if-we-hate-th_2550951.jpg) > [If I had my life to live over, I would have liked to have ended up as a sportswriter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-i-would-have-liked-to-have-ended-up-as/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/richard-m-nixon-727_funny_if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-i-would-ha_2429275.jpg) > [You don't know how to lie. If you can't lie, you'll never go anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/you-don-t-know-how-to-lie-if-you-can-t-lie-you-ll-never-go-anywhere/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/richard-m-nixon-727_ifs_you-don-t-know-how-to-lie-if-you-can-t-l_2705500.jpg) > [What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/what-are-our-schools-for-if-not-indoctrination-against-communism/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/richard-m-nixon-727_communism_what-are-our-schools-for-if-not-indoctri_157645.jpg) > [If the President does it, it can't be illegal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-the-president-does-it-it-can-t-be-illegal/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/richard-m-nixon-727_doe_if-the-president-does-it-it-can-t-be-ill_1977177.jpg) > [I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-seriously-doubt-if-we-will-ever-have-another-war-this-is-probably/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8da/richard-m-nixon-727_doubt_i-seriously-doubt-if-we-will-ever-have-a_2688694.jpg) > [We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/we-must-never-forget-that-if-the-war-in-vietnam-is-lost-the-right-of/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/richard-m-nixon-727_communication_we-must-never-forget-that-if-the-war-in_1617486.jpg) > [Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/yet-we-can-maintain-a-free-society-only-if-we-recognize-that-in-a/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a43/richard-m-nixon-727_free-society_yet-we-can-maintain-a-free-society-only_2865272.jpg) > [I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-like-the-job-i-have-but-if-i-had-to-live-my-life-over-again-i-would/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/richard-m-nixon-727_ifs_i-like-the-job-i-have-but-if-i-had-to-li_1559514.jpg) > [If some of my judgments were wrong - and some were wrong - they were made in what I believed at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-some-of-my-judgments-were-wrong-and-some-were-wrong-they-were-made/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/richard-m-nixon-727_being-the-best_if-some-of-my-judgments-were-wrong-and-s_856758.jpg) > [If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are; not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-we-succeed-it-will-not-be-because-of-what-we-have-but-it-will-be/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/richard-m-nixon-727_believe_if-we-succeed-it-will-not-be-because-of_2105637.jpg) > [If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-you-are-ever-going-to-lie-you-go-to-jail-for-the-lie-rather-than/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/richard-m-nixon-727_belief_if-you-are-ever-going-to-lie-you-go-to-j_3009669.jpg) > [Our idea is to create a situation in which those lands to which we have obligations or in which we have interests,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/our-idea-is-to-create-a-situation-in-which-those-lands-to-which-we/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/richard-m-nixon-727_able_our-idea-is-to-create-a-situation-in-whi_1657755.jpg) > [Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/restoring-nature-to-its-natural-state-is-a-cause-beyond-party-and/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/richard-m-nixon-727_causes_restoring-nature-to-its-natural-state-is_50860.jpg) > [If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-when-the-chips-are-down-the-worlds-most-powerful-nation-the-united/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f69/richard-m-nixon-727_america_if-when-the-chips-are-down-the-worlds-mo_2081438.jpg) > [If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/if-in-order-to-avoid-further-communist-expansion-in-asia-and/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/richard-m-nixon-727_asia_if-in-order-to-avoid-further-communist-e_3151889.jpg) > [We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/we-this-nation-of-ours-could-be-the-richest-nation-in-the-world-we/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/richard-m-nixon-727_alive_we-this-nation-of-ours-could-be-the-rich_2710646.jpg) > [Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out. You can drown. Or you can be pulled ashore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/once-you-get-into-this-great-stream-of-history-you-can-t-get-out-you/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/richard-m-nixon-727_drown_once-you-get-into-this-great-stream-of-h_61326.jpg) > [Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/once-one-determines-that-he-or-she-has-a-mission-in-life-that-s-it-s-2/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/richard-m-nixon-727_accomplished_once-one-determines-that-he-or-she-has-a_2466021.jpg) > [ \[T\]here may be some truth in that if the Arabs have some complaints about my policy towards Israel, they have to realize… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/t-here-may-be-some-truth-in-that-if-the-arabs-have-some-complaints/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/richard-m-nixon-727_big-companies_t-here-may-be-some-truth-in-that-if-the_2230360.jpg) > [There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/there-is-an-international-disease-which-feeds-on-the-notion-that-if/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/richard-m-nixon-727_canada_there-is-an-international-disease-which_1742949.jpg) > [Government has the responsibility to provide the climate in which Americans, all Americans, have an opportunity for good jobs; and not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/government-has-the-responsibility-to-provide-the-climate-in-which/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc5/richard-m-nixon-727_ability_government-has-the-responsibility-to-pro_1497785.jpg) > [The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-constitution-supposes-what-the-history-of-all-governments-2/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/richard-m-nixon-727_blessing_the-constitution-supposes-what-the-histo_2176938.jpg) > [Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/never-has-so-much-military-and-economic-and-diplomatic-power-been/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/richard-m-nixon-727_america_never-has-so-much-military-and-economic_2483683.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Richard M. Nixon > [I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-have-never-been-a-quitter-to-leave-office-before-my-term-is/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/with-those-who-are-willing-to-join-let-us-cooperate-to-reduce-the/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-have-earned-every-cent-and-in-all-of-my-years-of-public-life-i-have/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/restoring-nature-to-its-natural-state-is-a-cause-beyond-party-and/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/what-kind-of-nation-we-will-be-what-kind-of-world-we-will-live-in/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/once-you-get-into-this-great-stream-of-history-you-can-t-get-out-you/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-ultimate-test-of-a-nation-s-character-is-not-how-it-responds-to/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [History is a pathetic junkyard of broken treaties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/history-is-a-pathetic-junkyard-of-broken-treaties/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-refuse-to-make-a-decision-that-somebody-else-can-make-the-first/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/those-who-hate-you-don-t-win-unless-you-hate-them-and-then-you/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-made-my-mistakes-but-in-all-of-my-years-in-public-life-i-have-never/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-know-you-heard-what-you-thought-i-said-but-what-i-said-isn-t-what-i/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/i-want-to-be-sure-that-nothing-is-done-on-these-veterans-is-that/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [“Nations not possessing great power can indulge in the luxury of criticism of others; those possessing it have the responsibility of decision. Faced with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/nations-not-possessing-great-power-can-indulge-in-the-luxury-of/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) > [The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/the-peace-we-seek-in-the-world-is-not-the-flimsy-peace-which-is/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/richard-m-nixon/#itemlist", "name": "24 Ifs Quotes By Richard M. Nixon", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those who hate us only win if we hate them back", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard M. 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