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" I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. "
Richard M. Nixon
History
Change
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" 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. "
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" A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. "
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" I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. "
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" You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. "
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" Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. "
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" The press is the enemy. "
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" In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. "
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" In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. "
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" Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support. "
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" If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. "
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Will
" I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "
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" 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. "
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Always
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" The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. "
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" Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. "
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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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" I let the American people down. "
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