Nixon Quotes
236 quotes by 156 authors
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively…
— Conrad Black
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Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's…
— Conrad Black
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Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels.
— David Cameron
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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.
— Tony Campolo
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Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian…
— Drew Carey
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The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted…
— Dick Cavett
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You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was…
— Dick Cheney
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
— Stephen Ambrose
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I thought Nixon was the worst President we had ever had, save only perhaps Andrew Johnson.
— Stephen Ambrose
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I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.
— Walter Annenberg
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If you were surprised when Nixon resigned, just watch what happens when I whup Foreman's behind!
— Muhammad Ali
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It's a robust time, probably the most fertile time for the underground and for revolution since Nixon. I'm not talking about political overthrow; I'm talking…
— Neil Young
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I think the country could be spared a lot of agony and the government could worry about inflation and a lot of other problems if…
— William J. Clinton
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not…
— John Wayne
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In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.
— Morley Safer
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As president, Nixon imposed wage and price controls, created the Environmental Protection Agency, initiated race-based hiring schemes, signed SALT I with the Soviets and instituted…
— Ann Coulter
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I am determined to elect a president of our choosing this year and one who will be deeply indebted, and who will recognize his indebtedness.…
— Howard Hughes
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I can't believe Nixon won. I don't know anyone who voted for him.
— Pauline Kael
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I think we're going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about our being the strongest country in the world. I think we are…
— John F. Kennedy
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I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political…
— Roger Stone
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