Politician Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

9 Politician quotes by Richard M. Nixon

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Nixon’s nine brief statements give a window into his strategic mindset and reflections on public life.

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The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

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There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

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Nobody is a friend of ours. Let's face it.

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A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

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

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For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

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The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to…

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Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave…

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When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when…

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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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