The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
We must maintain the integrity of the White House, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. There can be no whitewash… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
With all the power that a president has, the most important thing to bear in mind is this: You must not give… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject… — 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.… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs. — 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 Image
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 Image
I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice, — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
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 Image
I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
