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