...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive role. We can and will set standards. We can and will exercise leadership. — 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
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
I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice, — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned… — 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
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,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
“Nations not possessing great power can indulge in the luxury of criticism of others; those possessing it have the responsibility of decision. Faced with… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share
