Richard M. Nixon

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

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.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.