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Richard M Nixon Inspirational Quotes (211)

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Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
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There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.
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Don't try to take on a new personality it doesn't work.
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If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I personally would support such a decision.
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I played by the rules of politics as I found them.
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It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.
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The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.
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If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.
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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.
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I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.
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The Italians . . . you can't find one who is honest.
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The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.
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Anybody who wants to be an ambassador, wants to pay at least $250,000.
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Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
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Being trustworthy is something you are, something you stand for and a core value you live by. It isn't something you can train for nor is it something you can manipulate. You either have those values or you don't.
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What a strange creature man is that he fouls his own nest.
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The communists have lost the cold war, but the west has not yet won it.
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The language of politics is poetry, not prose. Jackson is poetry. Cuomo is poetry. Dukakis is a word processor.
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Yes, I wish I'd done it sooner.
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In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.
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The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.
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The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.
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Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war.
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I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in the Cabinet.
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