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" I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle. "

Richard M. Nixon

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them. "

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" There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks. "

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" Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another. "

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" 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. "

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