If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish spawn.

Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish spawn.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing....

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

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

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

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis...

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis...

I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to...

I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

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

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

The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly' meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks'...

The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly' meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks'...

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...