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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As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special...

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they...

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they...

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...

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...

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white...

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white...

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...

I am not a crook.

I am not a crook.

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...

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

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.

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...

From the suites of Davos to the streets of Seattle, there is a growing consensus...

From the suites of Davos to the streets of Seattle, there is a growing consensus...

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What the last thing...

In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What the last thing...

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there...