Richard Nixon quotes

Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. His presidency is most remembered for foreign policy achievements and the Watergate scandal. He became the only U.S. president to resign from office. Here are 246 of his quotes:

Publicly, we say one thing....Actually, we do another. (Richard Nixon)
The press is the enemy. View quote
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Oh, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. View quote
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A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. View quote
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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. View quote
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I want to say this to the television audience. I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited from public service. I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. View quote
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If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie. View quote
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People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think women should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional. View quote
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There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape. (Richard Nixon)
I have the greatest affection for them [Negroes] but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You know it, too. The Mexicans are a different cup of tea. They have a heritage. At the present time they steal, they're dishonest, but they do have some concept of family life. They don't live like a bunch of dogs, which the Negroes do live like. View quote
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As long as I'm sitting in the chair, there's not going to be any Jew appointed to that court. [No Jew] can be right on the criminal-law issue. View quote
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The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual. View quote
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What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism? View quote
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The Jewish cabal is out to get me. View quote
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If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world. View quote
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Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation. View quote
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The Jews are irreligious, atheistic, immoral bunch of bastards. View quote
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I seek the Presidency not be-cause it offers me a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do some-thing. View quote
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. (Richard Nixon)
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates. View quote
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It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. View quote
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If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world? View quote
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The peace we seek in the world is not the flimsy peace which is merely an interlude between wars, but a peace which can endure for generations to come. It is important that we understand both the necessity and the limitations of America's role in maintaining that peace. Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom. View quote
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