Richard Milhouse Nixon

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"I turned into the helicopter ... the red carpet was rolled up. ... The White House was behind us now."	Miscellaneous
"Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much."	Men
"My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his calls, his meetings and his decisions were already the ones that would shape America's future." (On transfer of power to Gerald R Ford)"	America, Art, Decision-Making
"If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything."	Desires, Leadership, Wants
"I wouldn't bet the farm on it, but I'd bet the main house. I wouldn't even bet the outhouse on Mondale."	Miscellaneous
"It is not too strong a statement to declare that this is the way civilizations begin to die ... None of us has the right to suppose it cannot happen here."	Death, Men, Strength
"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."	America, Quitting
"My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise."	Men, Strength
"There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time, even, to fly and there is a time to fight. And I'm going to fight like hell." (On Congressional moves toward impeachment)"	Argument, Conflict, Men
"My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it."	Art, Decision-Making, Evil
"The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them."	Men
"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"There will be no whitewash in the White House." (On Watergate investigation)"	Miscellaneous
"The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."	Evil, Excellence, Greatness
"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."	Retirement
"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together."	Beauty, Desires, Music
"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now."	America, History, Memory
"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."	Age, Courage, Destruction
"I'd rather use the nuclear bomb...Does that bother you? I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake." [to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on escalating the Vietnam War]"	Desires, Military, Religion
"Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit … The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose."	Age, Change, Learning
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