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

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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Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.
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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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Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted: peace is improvisation.
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The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.
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Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.
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The environmental agenda before the Congress includes laws to deal with water pollution, pesticide hazards, ocean dumping, excessive noise, careless land development and many other environmental problems. These problems will not stand still for politics or for partisanship.
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I have impeached myself by resigning.
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Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.
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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
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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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[Peter] Drucker says that modern government can do only two things well: wage war and inflate the currency. Its the aim of my administration to prove Mr Drucker wrong.
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My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.
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Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.
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