Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

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,...

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...

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

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

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit....

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit....

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

In our own lives, let each of us ask - not just what government will...

In our own lives, let each of us ask - not just what government will...

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...

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...

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 -...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the...