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  1. 1

    A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.

    Richard Nixon
    Perseverance
  2. 2

    A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop experiences. Only in losing himself does he find himself. Only then does he discover all the latent strengths he never knew he had and which otherwise would have remained dormant.

    Richard Nixon
    Causes
  3. 3

    A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

    Richard Nixon
    Public office
  4. 4

    A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  5. 5

    Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them-and then you destroy yourself.

    Richard Nixon
    Hatred
  6. 6

    But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was turned back to the peoplein which government at all levels was refreshed and renewed and made truly responsive. This can be a revolution as profound, as far-reaching, as exciting as that first revolution almost 200 years agoand it can mean that just 5 years from now America will enter its third century as a young nation new in spirit, with all the vigor and the freshness with which it began its first century.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  7. 7

    But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours, because we took a difficult task and we succeeded.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  8. 8

    Defeat doesn't finish a man -- quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

    Richard Nixon
    Defeat
  9. 9

    Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

    Richard Nixon
    Election
  10. 10

    For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways -- to the voices of quiet anguish, to voices that speak without words, the voices of the heart, to the injured voices, and the anxious voices, and the voices that have despaired of being heard.

    Richard Nixon
    Government
  11. 11

    I am not a crook.

    Richard Nixon
    Politicians and Politics
  12. 12

    I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

    Richard Nixon
    Leaders and Leadership
  13. 13

    I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  14. 14

    I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.

    Richard Nixon
    Music
  15. 15

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

    Richard Nixon
    Politicians and Politics
  16. 16

    I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  17. 17

    I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.

    Richard Nixon
    Medicine
  18. 18

    I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-race power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  19. 19

    If you think the United States has stood still, who built The largest shopping center in the world?

    Richard Nixon
    United States of America
  20. 20

    If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

    Richard Nixon
    Prejudice
  21. 21

    If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  22. 22

    In our own lives, let each of us asknot just what government will do for me, but what can I do for myself?

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  23. 23

    It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

    Richard Nixon
    Self image
  24. 24

    It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised
  25. 25

    Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonightto you, the great silent majority of my fellow AmericansI ask for your support.

    Richard Nixon
    Uncategorised

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