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
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.
country character power
Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.
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.
powerful america giants
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
believe power years
I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-race power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.
peace powerful america
Let historians not record that when America was the most powerful nation in the world we passed on the other side of the road and allowed the last hopes for peace and freedom of millions of people to be suffocated by the forces of totalitarianism. And so tonightto you, the great silent majority of my fellow AmericansI ask for your support.
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.
witty humorous profound
I would have made a good pope.