Richard M. Nixon
22 quotations
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
People react to fear, not love --they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.
If you think the United States has stood still, who built The largest shopping center in the world?
Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them; and then you destroy yourself.
I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.
The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.
A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.
Nobody is a friend of ours. Let's face it.
I played by the rules of politics as I found them.
I am not a crook.
The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
The sky is no longer the limit.
Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.
I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.
There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.
It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it?