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The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.
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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Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
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I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.
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