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
land breathing space
[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.
land should mining
Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed...
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.
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.
land air water
The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?
santa-barbara sea land
It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American people. What is involved is the use of our resources of the sea and of the land in a more effective way and with more concern for preserving the beauty and the natural resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people.
fighting land ideas
Our idea is to create a situation in which those lands to which we have obligations or in which we have interests, if they are ready to fight a fire, should be able to count on us to furnish the hose and water.
people risen
People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead.
enjoy pleasing
You have to enjoy pleasing other people. I really do enjoy pleasing other people.
press
One thing, Ron, old boy. We won't have to have any more press conferences, and we won't even have to tell them that either!
fish men nature promising wasteful
Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish spawn.
bring efforts heavens inspires peace sea talk
Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.
cannot learn shouting stop until
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another #NAME?voices.
ask fellow great majority silent
Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.