Best Nixon Words
236 Nixon quotes by 151 unique authors
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Nixon had three goals: to win by the biggest electoral landslide in history; to be remembered as a peacemaker; and to be accepted by the…
— Henry A. Kissinger
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Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will…
— John Dean
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I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.
— Gerald R. Ford
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Harry is heavily into camping, and every year in the late fall, he makes us all go to Assateague, which is an island on the…
— Dave Barry
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John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I never actually got around to taping conversations with my guests, but there are a lot of things you can learn from a man like…
— Pierre Trudeau
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In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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You roll back the stones, and you find slithering things. That is the world of Richard Nixon.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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The revival of the Right is as extraordinary as it would be if the public had demanded dozens of new nuclear plants in the days…
— Thomas Frank
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We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency…
— Steve Garvey
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in…
— Barry Goldwater
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And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them…
— Wavy Gravy
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I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.
— Bette Davis
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
— Abbie Hoffman
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I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.
— John F. Kennedy
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It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.
— Henry A. Kissinger
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The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.
— Henry A. Kissinger
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The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And…
— Henry A. Kissinger
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As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing.
— Golda Meir
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You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.
— Richard M. Nixon
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I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said.
— Lyn Nofziger
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Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
— Carroll O'Connor
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Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think…
— Ron Paul
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