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" The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press. "

Richard M. Nixon

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

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

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

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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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