It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

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...

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...

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...

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

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...

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

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...

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...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be...