Richard M. Nixon

The important thing is that we maintain plausible deniability.

— Richard M. Nixon

Italy hasn't had a government since Mussolini.

— Richard M. Nixon

Writing is the toughest thing I've ever done.

— Richard M. Nixon

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.

— Richard M. Nixon

America will not tolerate being pushed around by anybody, anyplace.

— Richard M. Nixon

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Richard M. Nixon

We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.

— Richard M. Nixon

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

— Richard M. Nixon

Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American.

— Richard M. Nixon

Any culture which can put a man on the Moon is capable of gathering all the nations of the earth in peace,…

— Richard M. Nixon

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of…

— Richard M. Nixon

The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor.

— Richard M. Nixon

Make sure you pay your taxes; otherwise you can get in a lot of trouble.

— Richard M. Nixon

Communism starts with the proposition that there are no universal truths or general truths of human nature.

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Richard M. Nixon

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not…

— Richard M. Nixon

It's long been common practice among many to draw a distinction between "human rights" and "property rights," suggesting that the two are…

— Richard M. Nixon

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the…

— Richard M. Nixon

This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in…

— Richard M. Nixon

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come…

— Richard M. Nixon

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties…

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Richard M. Nixon

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had…

— Richard M. Nixon

Most days I feel like the sole survivor of a shipwreck, rowing my paddleboat across a sea of people on waves made…

— Richard M. Nixon

The recent upsurge of public concern over environmental questions reflects a belated recognition that man has been too cavalier in his relations…

— Richard M. Nixon

The environmental agenda before the Congress includes laws to deal with water pollution, pesticide hazards, ocean dumping, excessive noise, careless land development…

— Richard M. Nixon

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its…

— Richard M. Nixon

“Military security has to rest, ultimately, on economic and polit ical stability. One of the effects of the rapidity of change in…

— Richard M. Nixon

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who…

— Richard M. Nixon

We believe that part of the answer lies in pricing energy on the basis of its full costs to society. One reason…

— Richard M. Nixon

Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been…

— Richard M. Nixon

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

— Richard M. Nixon

Never be too proud to go onto your knees before God.

— Richard M. Nixon

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

— Richard M. Nixon

I have impeached myself by resigning.

— Richard M. Nixon

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

— Richard M. Nixon

What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism?

— Richard M. Nixon

Don't try to take on a new personality; it doesn't work.

— Richard M. Nixon

I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

— Richard M. Nixon