Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. Richard M. Nixon More Quotes by Richard M. Nixon More Quotes From Richard M. Nixon But more than anything else, we have learned that legal assistance for the poor, when properly provided, is one of the most constructive ways to help them help themselves. Richard M. Nixon justice helping way I have the greatest affection for them but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You know it, too. The Mexicans are a different cup of tea. They have a heritage. At the present time they steal, they're dishonest, but they do have some concept of family life. They don't live like a bunch of dogs, which the Negroes do live like. Richard M. Nixon dog tea years My gravest secret is that I really did fake the moon landing. On Venus! Richard M. Nixon fake moon secret Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet. Richard M. Nixon bathroom unions toilets Voters quickly forget what a man says. Richard M. Nixon voters forget men Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after another. Richard M. Nixon life-is history thinking Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its privileges. Its not because the Presidency offers a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do something. Richard M. Nixon office president answers Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth. Richard M. Nixon panacea wealth goal You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. Richard M. Nixon defeat survival character For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways - to the voices of quiet anguish, to voices that speak without words, the voices of the heart, to the injured voices, and the anxious voices, and the voices that have despaired of being heard. Richard M. Nixon voice government heart Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation. Richard M. Nixon eras conflict moving It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American people. What is involved is the use of our resources of the sea and of the land in a more effective way and with more concern for preserving the beauty and the natural resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people. Richard M. Nixon santa-barbara land sea The events that followed our withdrawal from Vietnam, including the plight of the boat people and the more than 1 million slaughtered by the new communist rulers of Cambodia, showed that media critics who said we were on the wrong side were mistaken. Richard M. Nixon media war people If the President does it, it can't be illegal. Richard M. Nixon illegal president doe Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations, but to help ourselves. Richard M. Nixon purpose helping-others remember Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support. Richard M. Nixon majority support tonight Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back. Richard M. Nixon hate hatred winning Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. Richard M. Nixon gentleman missing thinking For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all of the people on this earth are truly one. One in their pride at what you have done, one in our prayers that you will return safely to earth. Richard M. Nixon patriotic pride prayer I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision. Don't allow your mind to become cluttered. Richard M. Nixon decision mind firsts
