Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixonwas the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974 when he became the only U.S. president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPresident
Date of Birth9 January 1913
CountryUnited States of America
office president answers
Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its privileges. Its not because the Presidency offers a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do something.
running campaigns candidates
When I am the candidate, I run the campaign.
strong people promise
My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.
kindness angel simple
To a crisis of the spirit, we need an answer of the spirit. To find that answer, we need only look within ourselves. When we listen to the better angels of our nature, we find that they celebrate the simple things, the basic things--such as goodness, decency, love, kindness. Greatness comes in simple trappings.
men rights issues
The student who invades an administration building, roughs up a dean, rifles the files and issues 'non-negotiable demands' may have some of his demands met by a permissive university administration. But the greater his 'victory' the more he will have undermined the security of his own rights.
faces politics politician
Nobody is a friend of ours. Let's face it.
political hell chad
Where the hell is Chad?
sides hell states
Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!
leader assets unpredictability
Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have.
dedication goal perfection
We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will not be cheap or easy and the costs will have to be borne by each citizen, consumer and taxpayer. How clean is clean enough can only be answered in terms of how much we are willing to pay and how soon we seek success... It is simplistic to seek ecological perfection at the cost of bankrupting the very tax-paying enterprises which must pay for the social advances we seek.
enemy allies politician
A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.
promise i-promise
I didn't do anything wrong and I promise to never do it again.
powerful war balance
The only time in the history of the world that we have had any extended periods of peace is when there has been a balance of power. It is when one nation becomes infinitely more powerful in relation to its potential competitors that the danger of war arises.
people opiates television
Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.