If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

Topics: Richard M Nixon Quotes

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.

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and...

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and...

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....

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...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of...

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...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than...

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...

I am not a crook.

I am not a crook.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the...

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the...