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There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon. — Pat Oliphant
I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but… — Sally Quinn
There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so… — Andrew Tobias
What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh. — Bruce Vilanch
I woke up one morning with this song in my head, and the opening line of the song is, 'My name was Richard Nixon, only… — Bruce Cockburn
Together they [President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger] pursued ends that frequently had a tenuous link with reality, using means that were not merely disproportionate but… — William Shawcross
I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his… — Ed Rollins
If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really liked Clinton. He… — Greil Marcus
I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect Richard Nixon. — Charles Colson
The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life. — Pierre Salinger
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast. — Ben Bradlee
If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely… — Paul Begala
Nixon probably was a nice guy. — Bill Ayers
I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day, the… — Austin Grossman
Nixon is fascinating because he's our most alienated president. Everybody felt that they never knew who he was - that's palpable in the histories. His… — Austin Grossman
If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John… — Jeff Greenfield
Mr. Nixon has, in the last seven days, called me an economic ignoramus, a Pied Piper, and all the rest. I've just confined myself to… — John F. Kennedy
Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held… — Bob Woodward
The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you… — Bob Woodward
Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price. — Deborah Kass
I firmly believed throughout 1971 that the major hurdle to winning the presidency was winning the Democratic nomination. I believed that any reasonable Democrat would… — George McGovern
It's fairly obvious, since Richard Nixon, that there is no such thing as a fair deal for any voter in the United States -- You're… — Frank Zappa
I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors… — Leonard Woodcock
Any candidate who'd offered a real possibility of an alternative to Nixon - someone with a different concept of the presidency - could have challenged… — Hunter S. Thompson
Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, 'I am not a crook.' Jimmy Carter says, 'I have lusted after women in… — Art Buchwald

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