People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
With all the power that a president has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“If America loses World War III [the Cold War], it will be because of the failure of its leadership class. In particular,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice, — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision.… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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