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

Quote by Richard M Nixon

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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...

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.

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...

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

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...

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...

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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...

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,...

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

Tell them to send everything that can fly.

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

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

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

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...

Solutions are not the answer.

Solutions are not the answer.

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....

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask...

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...

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 memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

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...