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1913–1994 United States
Richard Milhous Nixon (9 January 1913 – 22 April 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative and senator from California from 1947 to 1952 and as the 36th vice president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
United States Anti-communists Lawyers Memoirists Politicians Also known as: Dick Nixon, Nixon, Nixon, Richard, Richard M. Nixon, United States v. Nixon, Tricky Dick
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What are our schools for if not for indoctrination against communism?
The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.
No More Vietnams (1987)
Oh, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
Buchanan, if you ever hear of a group getting together to stop X, be sure to put your money on X.
Others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.”
Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity.
We may have created a Frankenstein ['s monster].
I don't know how they reproduce!.. They are a scavenging people.
Tape transcripts (1971)
They always put me in the field where the ball wasn't going to be hit.
Nowdays, If a news report does not tie up loose ends as neatly as The A Team, it is considered a flop.
I recognize that this additional material I am now furnishing may further damage my case.
Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!
Tape transcripts (1972)
If he gets shot, it's too damn bad.
Tape transcripts (1972)
No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic.
No More Vietnams (1987)
If you are going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.
Someone is saying we are contemplating sending aid to help the Pakistani refugees. I hope to hell we’re not.
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.
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