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Richard M. Nixon
Age: 81 †
Born: 1913
Born: January 9
Died: 1994
Died: April 22
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I have impeached myself by resigning.
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Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.
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The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.
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Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.
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Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.
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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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People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.
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I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.
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The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?
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Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction.
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Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.
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They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far.
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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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I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes.
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I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.
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As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be supported by the U.S. Government. We maintain freedom of religion so that an American can either worship in the church of his choice or choose to go to no church at all.
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Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.
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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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They say, Gee, you look great. That means they thought you looked like hell before.
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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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