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" I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course. "

Richard M. Nixon

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it. "

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" People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got. "

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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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" I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world? "

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" 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. "

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" Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. "

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