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date: 16 May 2025

Richard Milhous Nixon 1913–94
American Republican statesman, 37th President 1969–74 

  1. The great silent majority.
    broadcast, 3 November 1969, in New York Times 4 November 1969
  2. Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.
    broadcast, 3 November 1969
  3. There can be no whitewash at the White House.
    on Watergate
    television speech, 30 April 1973
  4. I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.
    speech at press conference, 17 November 1973, in New York Times 18 November 1973
  5. Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
    address to staff, 9 August 1974
  6. Defeat doesn't finish a man—quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.
    William Safire Before the Fall (1975)
  7. I brought myself down. I gave them a sword. And they stuck it in.
    television interview, 19 May 1977
  8. When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
    David Frost I Gave Them a Sword (1978) ch. 8