Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. -Richard M. Nixon Politics
Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. -Richard M. Nixon Anger
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. -Richard M. Nixon Best
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. -Richard M. Nixon Respect
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. -Richard M. Nixon Religion
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. -Richard M. Nixon Nature
You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. -Richard M. Nixon History
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates. -Richard M. Nixon Good
In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. -Richard M. Nixon Poetry
The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. -Richard M. Nixon War
I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. -Richard M. Nixon History
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars. -Richard M. Nixon Change
What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. -Richard M. Nixon Change
If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories. -Richard M. Nixon Chance
We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped. -Richard M. Nixon Government
