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

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

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,...

I let the American people down.

I let the American people down.

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...

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man...

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...

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

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...

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.

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....

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

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....

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots...

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...

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...

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

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...

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...