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

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may...

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may...

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get...

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get...

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many...

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many...

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.

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)

People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing...

People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing...

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for...

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for...

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...

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and...

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and...

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

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...

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

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

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with...

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with...

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...