People Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

I let the American people down.

— Richard M. Nixon

Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.

— Richard M. Nixon

People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.

— Richard M. Nixon

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

— Richard M. Nixon

Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.

— Richard M. Nixon

People should not have to pay for pollution they do not cause.

— Richard M. Nixon

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

— Richard M. Nixon

In his heart everyone knows that the only people who get rich from the "get rich quick" books are those who write…

— Richard M. Nixon

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

— Richard M. Nixon

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've…

— Richard M. Nixon

I learned that the people who have the cards are usually the ones who talk the least and the softest; those who…

— Richard M. Nixon

A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

— Richard M. Nixon

Listen, I don't know anything about polygraphs and I don't know how accurate they are, but I know they'll scare the hell…

— Richard M. Nixon

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with:…

— Richard M. Nixon

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and…

— Richard M. Nixon

Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted:…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Richard M. Nixon

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— 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…

— Richard M. Nixon

As our cities and suburbs relentlessly expand, those priceless open spaces needed for recreation areas accessible to their people are swallowed up-often…

— Richard M. Nixon

The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war…

— Richard M. Nixon

It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76, that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Richard M. Nixon

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse social impact...…

— Richard M. Nixon

Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made…

— Richard M. Nixon

We have been through, over these years, some difficult times. During the period that I have served as President of the United…

— Richard M. Nixon

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

— Richard M. Nixon

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

— Richard M. Nixon

We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way…

— Richard M. Nixon

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through…

— Richard M. Nixon

Look, people get drunk ... People chase girls. And the point is, it's a hell of a lot better for them to…

— Richard M. Nixon

I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect…

— Richard M. Nixon

To me, the most unhappy people in the world are the people ... in Palm Beach- Going to parties every night. Playing…

— Richard M. Nixon

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness…

— Richard M. Nixon

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise…

— Richard M. Nixon

And I want you to know that I have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people…

— Richard M. Nixon

For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in…

— Richard M. Nixon