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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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very...

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very...

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national...

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a...

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...

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...

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...

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those...

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those...

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in...

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in...

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

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

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...

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what...

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what...

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 can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until...

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until...