In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. Richard M. Nixon More Quotes by Richard M. Nixon More Quotes From Richard M. Nixon A man isn't finnished when he is beaten he is finnished when he quits Richard M. Nixon beaten quitting men Never be too proud to go onto your knees before God. Richard M. Nixon knees proud Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity. Richard M. Nixon mediocrity politics genius I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to contain my own emotions. So I turned away from the red eyes of the crowd and looked only at the red eye of the camera, talking to all the nation. Richard M. Nixon cameras eye talking There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any means to further your cause, since the end justifies the means. As an international community, we must oppose this notion, whether it be in Canada, in the United States, or anywhere else. No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means. Richard M. Nixon community long mean The Soviet Union began by banishing God. The United States began as a community of people who wanted to worship God as they chose. . . Man does not live by bread alone. Those in the United States whose desire to create a strictly secular society is as strong as Lenin's was should study this Cold War lesson closely. Communism was defeated by an alliance spearheaded by 'one nation under God.' Richard M. Nixon strong men war God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all. Richard M. Nixon philosopher courses 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 swag struggle reality You want a wife who is intelligent, but not too intelligent. Richard M. Nixon wife intelligent want As our cities and suburbs relentlessly expand, those priceless open spaces needed for recreation areas accessible to their people are swallowed up-often forever. Unless we preserve these spaces while they are still available, we will have none to preserve. Richard M. Nixon space cities people I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one. Richard M. Nixon lasts doubt war President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves. Richard M. Nixon towns president thinking If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. Richard M. Nixon handouts routes character I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. Richard M. Nixon destiny leadership running My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise. Richard M. Nixon produce strong promise Writing is the toughest thing I've ever done. Richard M. Nixon done writing The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can achieve our objective at the conference table, and deny the aggressor theirs. Richard M. Nixon military war peace You find out who your true friends are not when you are on top of the world, but when the world is on top of you. Richard M. Nixon top-of-the-world true-friend world I have impeached myself by resigning. Richard M. Nixon failure politics political [The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation. Richard M. Nixon breathing-space nations land
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