Life Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

15 Life quotes by Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon’s fifteen quotes reveal a surprisingly personal side of a public figure, touching on perseverance, duty, and the ordinary trials behind the headlines. They provide a concise look at how a leader interprets the daily grind.

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Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not...

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I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended…

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I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what…

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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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If I had my life to live over, I would have liked to have ended up as a sportswriter.

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Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come…

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Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great…

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A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only in…

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Let me just say this, and I want to say this to the televison audience: I made my mistakes, but in all…

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Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been…

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Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of…

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I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life…

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Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm…

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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…

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I have the greatest affection for them but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You…

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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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