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
inspiration commitment reflection
An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must recognize their ecological significance and preserve them as sources of inspiration and education. And we need them as places of quiet refuge and reflection.
past land effort
As we work to expand our supplies of energy, we should also recognize that we must balance those efforts with our concern to preserve our environment. In the past, as we have sought new energy sources, we have too often damaged or despoiled our land.
war character adversity
The ultimate test of a nation's character is not how it responds to adversity in war but how it meets the challenge of peace.
war believe boys
If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I personally would support such a decision.
color red communism
The color of communism was not red but gray.
peace reality typewriters
Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.
people pay causes
People should not have to pay for pollution they do not cause.
damn damn-things
We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.
military mistake sacrifice
Never has so much military and economic and diplomatic power been used so ineffectively, and if after all of this time, and all of this sacrifice, and all of this support, there is still no end in sight, then I say the time has come for the American people to turn to new leadership not tied to the mistakes and policies of the past.
powerful land years
The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time, and is not subject to the processes of any court in the land except the court of impeachment.
keys faces facts
You have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks. The key is to devise a system that recognizes this all while not appearing to.
class san-francisco hands
But it's not just the ratty part of town. The upper class in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time . . . It is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine with that San Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco.
philosopher courses
God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.
jobs issues choices
In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.