Richard M. Nixon

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

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

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.

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.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

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.