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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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" 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. "

Richard M. Nixon

Peace

Words

Honor

" You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. "

" Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support. "

" President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves. "

" I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get. "

" A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue. "

" The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities. "

" Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible. "

" 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. "

" It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality. "

" I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports. "

" Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government. "

" I have impeached myself by resigning. "

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

" Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth. "

" Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. "

" Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. "

" Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. "

" By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time. "

" No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. "

" A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. "

Richard M. Nixon

Defeated

Finished

" The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. "

" Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it. "

" I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "

" Solutions are not the answer. "

Richard M. Nixon

Solutions

Answer

" When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal. "

" I see the face of a child. He lives in a great city. He is black. Or he is white. He is Mexican, Italian, Polish. None of that matters. What matters, he's an American child. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Voters quickly forget what a man says. "