Top 99 Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

About Richard M. Nixon

These are some quotes by American author Richard M. Nixon President, who lived between January 9, 1913 and April 22, 1994.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Richard M. Nixon

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

Richard M. Nixon

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

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

Richard M. Nixon

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Richard M. Nixon

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

Richard M. Nixon

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Richard M. Nixon

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.

Richard M. Nixon

A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

A president can ask for reconciliation in the racial conflict that divides Americans. But reconciliation comes only from the hearts of people.

Richard M. Nixon

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

Richard M. Nixon

The answer to many of the domestic problems we face is not higher taxes and more spending. It is less waste, more results and greater freedom for the individual American to earn a rightful place in his own community - and for States and localities to address their own needs in their own ways, in the light of their own priorities.

Richard M. Nixon

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