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Richard Milhous Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon
- The great silent majority.broadcast, 3 November 1969, in New York Times 4 November 1969
- Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.broadcast, 3 November 1969
- There can be no whitewash at the White House.on Watergatetelevision speech, 30 April 1973
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- I brought myself down. I gave them a sword. And they stuck it in.television interview, 19 May 1977
- When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.David Frost I Gave Them a Sword (1978) ch. 8