I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team. Richard M. Nixon More Quotes by Richard M. Nixon More Quotes From Richard M. Nixon So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance. Richard M. Nixon balance mean years The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality. Richard M. Nixon obnoxious aggressive personality What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism? Richard M. Nixon communism politics school The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time, and is not subject to the processes of any court in the land except the court of impeachment. Richard M. Nixon powerful land years We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway. Richard M. Nixon damn-things damn 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 white sky memories My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it. Richard M. Nixon should-have views thinking Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. Richard M. Nixon presidency dignity politics I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect the people of this country Richard M. Nixon problem country people They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far. Richard M. Nixon media government responsibility What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices. Richard M. Nixon our-actions presidential choices Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it. Richard M. Nixon likes care firsts People should not have to pay for pollution they do not cause. Richard M. Nixon causes pay people The Constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates, that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone to it. It has accordingly with studied care, vested the question of war in the legislature. [If a president is successful in bypassing the Congress] it is evident that the people are cheated out of the best ingredients in the government, the safeguards of peace which is the greatest of their blessings. Richard M. Nixon successful blessing war Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy. Richard M. Nixon news media philosophy I let the American people down. Richard M. Nixon people Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out. Richard M. Nixon streams history I played by the rules of politics as I found them. Richard M. Nixon politician politics found If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world? Richard M. Nixon shopping humorous thinking It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody. Richard M. Nixon winner beats history
