The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

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...

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 cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until...

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until...

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...

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

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

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

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat...

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is...

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...

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

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

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 begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press...

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.