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Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations, but to help ourselves. — Richard M. Nixon

I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do. — Cynthia Nixon

Our souls speak from across the miles, intertwined, you and I. — Richard M. Nixon

I know you think you believe you understand what you thought I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is exactly what I meant. — Richard M. Nixon

I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won. — Ken Kesey

The antiwar movement is a wild orgasm of anarchists sweeping across the country like a prairie fire. — Richard M. Nixon

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in heartbeats. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood and then mount the stump to make a speech for conservation. — Adlai Ewing Stevenson

I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power. — Henry A. Kissinger

If some of my judgments were wrong
and some were wrong
they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interest of the nation, — Richard M. Nixon

When the world is mine, then you all will be the 99.9%. — Scott Jonathan Nixon

Richard Nixon was a serial collector of resentments. — Rick Perlstein

I never have tantrums. If anything makes me mad, I'm silent. If I'm not talking, leave me alone. — Pat Nixon

To write a novel, you need an iron butt. — Richard M. Nixon

Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way. When women got the right to vote, it did not redefine voting. — Cynthia Nixon

The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting. — Richard M. Nixon

Nixon was always willing to be bipartisan, so there are a lot of surprises in the man. — Douglas Brinkley

A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead. — Nixon Waterman

Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said. — Joan Lowery Nixon

Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president. — Richard M. Nixon

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. — Richard M. Nixon

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House. — John F. Kennedy

The Italians ... you can't find one who is honest. — Richard M. Nixon

Mr. Stevenson has a degree alright-a PhD from the Acheson College of Cowardly Communist Containment. — Richard M. Nixon

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I? — Richard M. Nixon

Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned. — Emmett Tyrrell

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back. — Bette Davis

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever. — Richard M. Nixon

I played by the rules of politics as I found them. — Richard M. Nixon

Nixon probably was a nice guy. — Bill Ayers

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president. — Hunter S. Thompson

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything — Thomas Nixon Carver

I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president. — Billy Graham

I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon. — Gerald R. Ford

I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. — Richard M. Nixon

Richard Nixon coveted, to the point of obsession, a controversy-free, stage-managed coronation. — David Pietrusza

I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone. — Barry Goldwater

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism. — Richard M. Nixon

When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist. — Grover Norquist

Communism denies God, enslaves men, and destroys justice. — Richard M. Nixon

Helping another person gives one the deepest pleasure in the world. — Pat Nixon

The sky is no longer the limit. — Richard M. Nixon

Keep all your balls in the air. — Vivian Nixon

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before. — Richard M. Nixon

John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on the radio. — Susan Estrich

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy. — Richard M. Nixon

Today, no one questions-whether women are equal to men in ability and itelligence. — Julie Nixon Eisenhower

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. — Richard M. Nixon

Women are half the population and they know how to take care of themselves, if they are only given access to health care. — Cynthia Nixon

There will be no whitewash in the White House. — Richard M. Nixon

I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy. — Jay Nixon

President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people. — Edward Brooke

I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So I figured he was good. — Douglas McGrath

No man can feel himself alone The while he bravely stands Between the best friends ever known His two good, honest hands. — Nixon Waterman

I love a warm bath at the end of a day. — Cynthia Nixon

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. — Richard M. Nixon

While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater. — Earl Butz

I have made my own decisions ever since my father died. — Pat Nixon

Me and Don Henley are fast acquaintances now, or something. He actually got on stage and sang with me. — Mojo Nixon

What was Watergate? A little bugging! — Richard M. Nixon

I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore. — Cynthia Nixon

One acre of land can produce either 20,000 pounds of potatoes or a measly 165 pounds of meat. — Lindsay S. Nixon

Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth. — Richard M. Nixon

Lyndon Johnson rose above the doubt and fear to hold this Nation on course until we rediscovered our faith in ourselves. — Richard M. Nixon

What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism? — Richard M. Nixon

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white, — Richard M. Nixon

What Nixon and Kissinger began, Pol Pot completed. — John Pilger

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed, — Molly Ivins

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. — Ben Bradlee

If it has ever been your fantasy to have a tall sexy Viking smothering you, let me tell you it's nowhere near as much fun as it initially sounds — J.D. Nixon

Flattery was one of Kissinger's principal tools in winning over Nixon, and a tool he employed shamelessly. — Robert Dallek

Bring us together again. — Richard M. Nixon

Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American. — Richard M. Nixon

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again. — Wavy Gravy

If Richard Nixon was second-rate, what in the world is third-rate? — Joseph Heller

I had a lumpectomy. It wasn't that bad. Six and a half weeks of radiation. — Cynthia Nixon

Lyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders was Nixon's. — Bob Gunton

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them. — Richard M. Nixon

Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater. Hang on, that can be taken two ways. — Richard M. Nixon

No failure is final unless you ratify it. — Richard M. Nixon

I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. — Richard M. Nixon

If we had pursued the war on cancer which President Nixon declared in 1970, Jack Kemp might be alive today. — Arlen Specter

Unpredictability is the greatest asset a leader can have. — Richard M. Nixon

Things have gotten so bad in this country, you look back at Richard Nixon with nostalgia. — Ralph Nader

Solutions are not the answer. — Richard M. Nixon

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth — Richard M. Nixon

Women's health needs to be front and center - it often isn't, but it needs to be. — Cynthia Nixon

Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted: peace is improvisation. — Richard M. Nixon

I can't go on anymore bad dates. I would rather be home alone than out with some guy who sells socks on the internet. — Cynthia Nixon

The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people. — Pat Nixon

I'd like to work on job and educational opportunities for all. — Pat Nixon

Maybe New York shouldn't survive. Maybe it should go through a cycle of destruction. — Richard M. Nixon

As President Nixon says, presidents can do almost anything, and President Nixon has done many things that nobody would have thought of doing. — Golda Meir

Kennedy was a lot of fun, always. He had something going on. But not Nixon. — George Smathers

A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning. — Richard M. Nixon

It was a classic Nixon move: goad an opponent into attacking, then ride a wave of sympathy s you defend your honour. — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

I grew up in the era when Dan Rather hated Richard Nixon. He was a newsman, but you knew what his opinion was. — Roger Ailes

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war. — Richard M. Nixon

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency. — Richard M. Nixon

Having a baby is part of a woman's life, and it is surely a great waste to be afraid of life. — Joan Lowery Nixon