Nixon quotes

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

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

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.

The press is the enemy.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does.

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.

No action that is worth anything is completed in a lifetime.

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

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives.

I am not a crook.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

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

I let the American people down.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.

Nixon quotes part 2

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.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

People react to fear, not love. They don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.

I’ve always tried to do my best.

All my life, I’ve known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

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

I was not lying. I said things that later seemed to be untrue.

If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character.

In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives.

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.

Never be petty, always remember that others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

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.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

The press is the enemy.

In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

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.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

No action that is worth anything is completed in a lifetime.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

I was not lying. I said things that later seemed to be untrue.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

People react to fear, not love. They don’t teach that in Sunday school, but it’s true.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War.

The American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

It’s not enough to be right. You have to explain your views in a way that people can understand.