You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Quote by Richard M Nixon

Topics: Richard M Nixon Quotes

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...

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon....

Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon....

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in...

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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,...

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't...