States Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

19 States quotes by Richard M. Nixon

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When Nixon turned his thoughts to the idea of states, he left a handful of pointed observations. This selection captures his perspective on governance, identity, and the balance of power, offering a concise glimpse into his political vocabulary.

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Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

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

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If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

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I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

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Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.

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Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!

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With all our differences, whenever we are confronted with a threat to our security we are not then Republicans or Democrats but…

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

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...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive…

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If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant,…

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The Soviet Union began by banishing God. The United States began as a community of people who wanted to worship God as…

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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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As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or…

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With all the power that a president has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give…

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The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more…

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There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any…

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It has been said that Canada is bounded 'on the north by gold, on the west by the East, on the east…

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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…

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

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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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