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If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together. (Richard Nixon)
Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. View quote
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Solutions are not the answer. View quote
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You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. View quote
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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. View quote
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Tell them to send everything that can fly. View quote
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In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. View quote
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When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned. View quote
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Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist. View quote
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I played by the rules of politics as I found them. View quote
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President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves. (Richard Nixon)
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. View quote
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Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible. View quote
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Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support. View quote
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Hello, Neil and Buzz. I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. For every American this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world I am sure they, too, join with Americans in recognizing what a feat this is. Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. View quote
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You know, it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana are Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob? What is the matter with them? I suppose it is because most of them are psychiatrists. View quote
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I call it the Madman Theory, Bob. I want the North Vietnamese to believe I've reached the point where I might do anything to stop the war. We'll just slip the word to them that, for God's sake, you know Nixon is obsessed about Communism. We can't restrain him when he's angry and he has his hand on the nuclear button and Ho Chi Minh himself will be in Paris in two days begging for peace. View quote
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Being controversial in politics is inevitable. If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. In the world today, there are not many good choices - only choices between the half-good and the less half-good. View quote
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Nixon: Within groups, there are geniuses. There are geniuses within black groups. There are more within Asian groups ... This is knowledge that is better not to know. View quote
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Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them! View quote
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We shall support vigorously the principle that no country has the right to impose its will or rule on another by force. We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms, and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers. We shall do our share in defending peace and freedom in the world. But we shall expect others to do their share. The time has passed when America will make every other nation's conflict our own, or make every other nation's future our responsibility, or presume to tell the people of other nations how to manage their own affairs. (Richard Nixon)
I am not a crook. View quote
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You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. View quote
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I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. View quote
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I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. View quote
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