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" 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. "
Richard M. Nixon
Year
Force
Everything
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" 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. "
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" There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks. "
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" If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. "
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" The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. "
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" You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. "
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" 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. "
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Community
" I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them. "
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Political
Experience
" I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. "
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I Can
Acting
See
" 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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Anger
Angry
" Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. "
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Government
Local Government
Local
" Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it. "
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They Say
Say
Like
" Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. "
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Passion
Freedom
" You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. "
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Last
You
Kick
" I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If that were the case, I wouldn't have any newspapers or magazines to read. "
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Because
Newspaper
Bad
" Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation. "
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Negotiation
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" Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents. "
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Direction
Influence
Most
" 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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Political
Government
American
" Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it. "
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People
Government
" 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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More
Performance
" 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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Same
Sword
" 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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Never
Office
Tomorrow
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Am
I Am
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Down
Resigning
" 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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Try
Time
" 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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" Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits. "
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Defeat
He
" 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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Nation
Great