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Since I have never one a debate let me tell you how not to lose one.
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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The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.
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I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.
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Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.
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Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.
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Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible.
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