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" When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal. "

Richard M. Nixon

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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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" If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories. "

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

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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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" If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect. "

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" No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything. "

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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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" 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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" The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. "

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" In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. "

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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. "

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