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

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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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...

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for...

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for...

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

I doubt if any of them would even intentionally double-park.

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.

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

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

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never...

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...

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,...

I am not a crook.

I am not a crook.

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 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...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

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

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

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...

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...

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos

Where there's smoke, there's fire

Where there's smoke, there's fire