A biography for Richard M. Nixonhasn’t been written yet.
“Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.”
“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.”
“In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.”
“We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.”
“I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.”
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.”
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.”
“I have impeached myself by resigning.”
“Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.”
“Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.”
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
“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.”
“I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.”
“You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”