Quotes

  "The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker."  
  "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."  
  "A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. "  
  "Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth. "  
  "I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint-no matter how distasteful to the majority, provided. "  
  "I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning."  
  "I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports."  
  "I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. "  
  "I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "  
  "I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say. "  
  "If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together. "  
  "It's the responsibility of the media to look at the president with a microscope, but they go too far when they use a proctoscope. "  
  "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."  
  "Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. "  
  "Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents."  
  "Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. "  
  "Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?"  
  "You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. "
 
 
  "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. "
 
 

 

 

 

back to main menu

 


Nixon - The Peacemaker is a web site by JPCohen. Copyright © jpcohen publishing.
All other copyrights are that of their owners and I stake no claims to them.
Contact me at joe.cohen@rvv.com last updated:01/25/09