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

Richard M. Nixon

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" The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady. "

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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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" Tell them to send everything that can fly. "

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" What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. "

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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. "

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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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" I played by the rules of politics as I found them. "

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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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" Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs. "

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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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" 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 president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people. "

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" I let the American people down. "

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

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" You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. "

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

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" The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man. "

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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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" The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer. "

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

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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. "

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" I have impeached myself by resigning. "

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" 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. "

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