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Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.

Nixon had this remarkably effective, deeply intense will to power. Reagan and I have a will to ideas.

Newt Gingrich

Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.

Nixon has enough to overcome in terms of his legacy and his political history. Now he has to overcome the in-fighting between his daughters. It's so sad. There's another obstacle for him to clear.

Monica Crowley

Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.

John Podhoretz

Nixon is fascinating because he's our most alienated president. Everybody felt that they never knew who he was - that's palpable in the histories. His face is so cartoony that he's become this cartoon figure. I never really related to the romanticization of J.F.K., and I knew too much about Reagan to idealize him. Nixon falls in between.

Austin Grossman

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.

Adlai E. Stevenson

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Harry S Truman

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

Adlai Stevenson

Nixon officials foreshadowed both the historic distinction and seamy underside of the presidency.

Nixon officials foreshadowed both the historic distinction and seamy underside of the presidency.

Roger Morris

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

Bill Ayers

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

Stephen Ambrose

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