Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

— Richard M. Nixon

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The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

— Richard M. Nixon

Success

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

Hope

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

— Richard M. Nixon

Courage

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

— Richard M. Nixon

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If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

— Richard M. Nixon

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A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

— Richard M. Nixon

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Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

— Richard M. Nixon

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The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

— Richard M. Nixon

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Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

— Richard M. Nixon

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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

— Richard M. Nixon

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We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

— Richard M. Nixon

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You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

— Richard M. Nixon

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I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

— Richard M. Nixon

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When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.

— Richard M. Nixon

Education

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

— Richard M. Nixon

Wisdom