157 ordspråk av Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
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Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
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People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.
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People in the media say they must look at the president with a microscope. Now, I don't mind a microscope, but boy, when they use a proctoscope, that's going too far.
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People see me and they think, "He's risen from the dead."
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People who like this sort of thing will find this is the sort of thing they like.
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Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.
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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.
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Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.
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Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
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Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.
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So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.
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Solutions are not the answer.
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Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit. The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do.
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Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
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