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.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

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...

Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish spawn.

Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish spawn.

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,...

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...

I am not a crook.

I am not a crook.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

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...

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

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

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...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

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

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

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'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know...

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know...

People in the media say they must look at the president with a microscope. Now,...

People in the media say they must look at the president with a microscope. Now,...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in...

Going on the radio is like talking to a nice girl you know; you think...

Going on the radio is like talking to a nice girl you know; you think...

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and...