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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.
Richard M. Nixon
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Richard M. Nixon
Age: 81 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 9
Died: 1994
Died: April 22
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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 student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.
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Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.
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With all our differences, whenever we are confronted with a threat to our security we are not then Republicans or Democrats but Americans we are not then the fifty states but the United States.
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... Member Countries shall take necessary action and/or shall establish negotiations, individually or in groups, with the oil companies with a view to adopting ways and means to offset any adverse effects on the per barrel real income of Member Countries resulting from the international monetary developments as of 15th August 1971.
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If some of my judgments were wrong - and some were wrong - they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the nation.
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Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.
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I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.
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No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
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Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to do is switch on their television sets.
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...we must strike a balance so that the protection of our irreplaceable heritage becomes as important as its use. The price of economic growth need not and will not be deterioration in the quality of our lives and our surroundings.
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It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?
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The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.
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A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
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I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me. I knew that I would not be back there again. (On leaving the Executive Office Building)
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Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews.
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I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.
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The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality.
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Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction.
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Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
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