Public life Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

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

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

I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice,

— 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 the people…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

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

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

History is a pathetic junkyard of broken treaties.

— Richard M. Nixon

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

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

— Richard M. Nixon

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

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

— Richard M. Nixon