Famous Quotes / Richard M. Nixon
89 Quotations by Richard M. Nixon
- 1. A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
- 2. A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop ...
- 3. A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than hi ...
- 4. A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
- 5. Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them -- and t ...
- 6. Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qua ...
- 7. Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.
- 8. As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American peo ...
- 9. Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us f ...
- 10. Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woma ...
- 11. Certainly the time when the young are to be seen and not heard is gone in American - and gone for go ...
- 12. Don't try to take on a new personality; it doesn't work.
- 13. Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
- 14. For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways -- to the voices of quiet ...
- 15. Get a good night's sleep and don't bug anybody without asking me.
- 16. I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate ...
- 17. I am not a crook.
- 18. I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is ...
- 19. I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in ...
- 20. I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been ...