Richard Milhouse Nixon

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"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 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by the Government Printing Office [and] mailed to you by the United States Postal Service."	America, Government, Men
"If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished." (Proposal to reform welfare programs)"	America, Character, Men
"Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs."	Miscellaneous
"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
"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."	Confidence, Men
"There will be no whitewash in the White House." (On Watergate investigation)"	Miscellaneous
"I want you to stonewall it." (To staff on news of break-in at Watergate)"	Desires, Wants
"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."	Government, Men, Power
"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." (On the Vietnam War)"	Adversity, America, Difficulty
"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."	Lies, War
"The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do. Yet there is always the danger of failing as a human being."	Accomplishment, Achievement, Anger
"Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another."	Ability, Men, Monarchy
"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
"Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews."	Art, Government, Justice
"[The antiwar movement is] a wild orgasm of anarchists sweeping across the country like a prairie fire."	Anarchy, Chaos, Government
"You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I don't give a damn." [to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on civilian casualties in Vietnam]"	Sin
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