When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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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...

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am not a crook.

I am not a crook.

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be...

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping;...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The press is the enemy.

The press is the enemy.

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....

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and...

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and...