It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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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.

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.

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top -...

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...

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

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...

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

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....

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...

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...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

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...

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...

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...

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of...

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of...

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...

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...

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

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...

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man...

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man...