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Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

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

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in "Frost/Nixon", David Frost, Pan Macmillan, 2008, p. 164 - ISBN: 9780230225473

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Richard Nixon

“A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.”

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in: LIFE magazine, 8 June 1959, Vol. 46, No. 23, p. 36

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Richard Nixon

“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 Nixon

Source/Notes: Speech to the assembled White House staff, 9 August 1974

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Richard Nixon

“Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.”

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in: Near East Report, Volumes 11-14, edited by Isaiah L. Kenen, 1967, p. 90

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Richard Nixon

“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in "Governing America: an introduction", Robert Sherrill, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, p. 430 - ISBN: 9780155296299

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Richard Nixon

“Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.”

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in: Newsweek, Volume 77, Issues 9-17, 1971, p. 269

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Richard Nixon

“As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.”

- Richard Nixon

Source/Notes: As quoted in "Richard Nixon: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, Volume 5", U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975, p. 19

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Richard Nixon

“By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.”

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

“Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.”

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

“Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.”

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

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

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

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

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”

- Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon

“I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.”

- Richard Nixon

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