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I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.

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Richard M. Nixon
Age: 81 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 9
Died: 1994
Died: April 22
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People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.
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This Memorial Day should remind us of the greatness that past generations of Americans achieved from Valley Forge to Vietnam, and it should inspire us with the determination to keep America great and free by keeping America safe and strong in our own time, a time of unique destiny and opportunity for our Nation.
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In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.
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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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Violence or the threat of violence [must] never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community. Once it does, the community, almost by definition, ceases to be a university. It is for this reason that from time immemorial expulsion has been the primary instrument of university discipline.
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In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
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The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.
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We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.
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Lyndon Johnson rose above the doubt and fear to hold this Nation on course until we rediscovered our faith in ourselves.
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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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The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.. . . I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.
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I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.
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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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