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.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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Voters quickly forget what a man says.

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

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

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

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

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...

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

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...

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...

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.

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

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....

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...

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man...

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man...

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student...

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student...

Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according...

Communism is a society where each one works according to his abilities and gets according...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.