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" Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America. "

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 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. "

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" Voters quickly forget what a man says. "

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

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" I let the American people down. "

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" I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. "

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" Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. "

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" If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. "

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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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" We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. "

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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. "

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" My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise. "

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

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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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" Tell them to send everything that can fly. "

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" At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long - that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem. "

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" Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do. "

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" It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it. "

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" My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it. "

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" I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. "

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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. "

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" People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. "

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" The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. "

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

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