No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

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.

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 reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

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...

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated....

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated....

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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 gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with...

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with...

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

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

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm...

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...

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...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

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...

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...

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....

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.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis...

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis...