Want Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

14 Want quotes by Richard M. Nixon

Even a brief collection can reveal how a former president framed ambition and need. These snippets show Nixon’s pragmatic tone, offering a glimpse into his political and personal priorities.

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If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

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Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.

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You want a wife who is intelligent, but not too intelligent.

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I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in…

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The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time,…

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I want a Goddamn strong statement on marijuana, I mean one that just tears the ass out of them. You know, its…

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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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Let me just say this, and I want to say this to the televison audience: I made my mistakes, but in all…

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Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be…

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Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the…

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Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave…

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It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention…

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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…

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The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I…

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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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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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