Military quotes by Richard Milhouse Nixon

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"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now."
"You see these bums, you know, blowing up campuses ... storming around about this issue." (On student protesters against Vietnam War)"
"Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-I ask for your support." (On his Vietnam War policy)"
"My strong point is not rhetoric, it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises-those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth."
"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)"
"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)"
"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]"
"[The antiwar movement is] a wild orgasm of anarchists sweeping across the country like a prairie fire."