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

Topics: Richard M Nixon Quotes

The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by...

The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by...

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...

For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways to...

For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways to...

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...

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.

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

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

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

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...

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what...

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

Let's destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful....

First of all I like John Kerry. I think he's intellectually curious and very thoughtful....

Then I heard this young veteran on TV speaking about the war. It was John...

Then I heard this young veteran on TV speaking about the war. It was John...

John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader...

John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader...