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

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

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...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported...

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,...

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...

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...

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they...

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they...

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises...

I let the American people down.

I let the American people down.

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his...

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

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.

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

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...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you...

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

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....

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost...

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost...

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.