Richard M. Nixon: If we succeed, it will not be because of what we hav...

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

Richard M. Nixon

presidential gentleman complaining

We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit.

Richard M. Nixon

alive world art

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

Richard M. Nixon

bureaucracy chaos change

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

Richard M. Nixon

black government white

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

Richard M. Nixon

hell mean looks

I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.

Richard M. Nixon

he-man speak men

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

Richard M. Nixon

jobs men thinking

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Richard M. Nixon

president justice profound

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

Richard M. Nixon

technology men thinking

Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

Richard M. Nixon

falling-down fallen fall

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

Richard M. Nixon

anything-can-happen baseball happens

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

Richard M. Nixon

lonely loneliness jobs

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Richard M. Nixon

speech half loss

We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers.

Richard M. Nixon

eras nuclear arms

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

boxes evening retirement

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

Richard M. Nixon

white-house white house

We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams. This means equal voting rights, equal employment opportunity and new opportunities for expanded ownership, because in order to be secure in their human rights, people need access to property rights.

Richard M. Nixon

wisdom dream mean

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Richard M. Nixon

boredom problem blessing

With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor and the hungry.

Richard M. Nixon

hungry arms poor

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

president heart people

If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are; not because of what we own, but, rather because of what we believe.