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34 Richard Nixon Quotes
January 9, 1913, - April 22, 1994
Be encouraged by these Richard Nixon quotes. Mr Nixon was the
37th President of the United States, but he also resigned from the position.
The example of a man who rose to power, but also one who
made mistakes and had to take responsiblity for them. Mistakes
something we all make, but the difference we are not holding a top
position nor are we in the public eye.
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...only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how
magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
Richard Nixon
Mountain
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I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
Richard Nixon
Cool
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The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.
Richard Nixon
Encouragement
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Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is,
and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.
Richard Nixon
Truth
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Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate
you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
Richard Nixon
Hate
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Playing the piano is a way of expressing oneself that is perhaps
even more fulfilling than writing or speaking.
Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
Quote of The Day
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Each of my teachers made a great impression on me,
but a few in particular touched my mind and changed my life.
Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
Teacher
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My happiest memories of those college days involve sports.
In freshman year I played on the Poetlings basketball team, and
we had a perfect record for the year: we lost every game.
Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
Funny
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Two factors have always motivated my great interest in sports.
First, sports have provided necessary relief from the heavy burdens
of work and study that I have assumed at every stage of my life.
Second, I have a highly competitive instinct...
Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
Sports
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The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.
Richard Nixon
Peace
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He (Chief Newman) also gave me an acute understanding that
what really matters is not a man's background, his color, his race,
or his religion, but only his character.
Richard Nixon, RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
Character
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But even in a democracy, a great leader is one who forges a national
purpose in the face of great crises or challenges.
Richard Nixon, Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World
Leadership
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Having known both the peaks and the valleys of public life, I have
learned that you cannot really appreciate the heights unless
you have also experienced the depths.
Richard Nixon, Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World
Appreciation
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The small man leading a great nation in a great crisis clearly fails
the test of greatness. The large man in a small country may demonstrate
all the qualities of greatness but never win the recognition.
Richard Nixon, Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World
Greatness
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The manager thinks of today and tomorrow.
The leader must think of the day after tomorrow.
Richard Nixon, Leaders: Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World
Future
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I may not say much when I am with you, but all of me loves you all the time.
Richard Nixon, love letter to his wife
I Love You
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Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty.
Richard Nixon
Best
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The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
Richard Nixon
Inspirational
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Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique.
But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses
are set that shape decades or centuries.
Richard Nixon
New Beginning
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I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.
Richard Nixon
Winning
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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one
another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be
heard as well as our voices.
Richard Nixon
Learning
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Defeat doesn't finish a man, quitting does. A man is not finished when
he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
Richard Nixon
Never Quit
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Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the
bottom.
Richard Nixon
Life
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I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things
complicated.
Richard Nixon
Simplicity
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You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.
Richard Nixon
Defeat
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Whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes,
is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.
Richard Nixon
Hope
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My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair
but with his conduct.
Richard Nixon
Integrity
Quotes about Richard Nixon
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Richard Nixon led the United States through a time of unbearable turmoil.
He made war in pursuit of peace.
Tim Weiner, One Man Against the World
War
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Yet he (Richard Nixon) had an undeniable greatness,
an unsurpassed gift for the art of politics, an unquestionable desire
to change the world.
Tim Weiner, One Man Against the World
Change The World
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Hope and fear waged a constant battle in Nixon.
At the end of his presidency, fear won out. Nixon was
often driven by fear - he was, he believed, surrounded by enemies.
Evan Thomas, Being Nixon
Fear
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Young Richard was a dreamer. He recalled listening to train whistles
in the night, and when, on his thirteenth birthday, his grandmother
Almira Milhous gave him a portrait of Lincoln....
Evan Thomas, Being Nixon
Dream
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But Nixon understood the lesson of World War II: that America
could no longer depend only on its geographic isolation for protection.
Rather, the nation must take the lead in shaping a balanced, stable world order.
Alexander.Kennedy, Richard Nixon: An Honest Man
Quotes on Life Lessons
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He rose up in the world by his own merits, fueled by determination
and possibly also by anger and resentment for the slights he
experienced in his humble beginnings.
Anna Revell, A Richard Nixon Biography
Determination
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That a man of Richard Nixon's relentless drive and intelligence
should have been embroiled in it is a tragedy, but even tragedies hold lessons.
Hopefully, the generations to follow will
not squander away all that it has to teach us.
Anna Revell, A Richard Nixon Biography
Quotes on Life and Struggles
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