Richard M. Nixon
I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me. I knew that I would not be back there again." (On leaving the Executive Office Building)Collection: Doors
I'll speak for the man, or against him, whichever will do him the most good.Collection: Men
In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.Collection: Jobs
They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.Collection: Mean
But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in which power was turned back to the peoplein which government at all levels was refreshed and renewed and made truly responsive. This can be a revolution as profound, as far-reaching, as exciting as that first revolution almost 200 years agoand it can mean that just 5 years from now America will enter its third century as a young nation new in spirit, with all the vigor and the freshness with which it began its first century.Collection: Peace
This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely.Collection: History
If in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I personally would support such a decision.Collection: War
I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden for the rest of my life. My political life is over. I will never again have an opportunity to serve in any official position. Maybe I can give a little advice from time to time.Collection: Opportunity
The events that followed our withdrawal from Vietnam, including the plight of the boat people and the more than 1 million slaughtered by the new communist rulers of Cambodia, showed that media critics who said we were on the wrong side were mistaken.Collection: War
Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.Collection: Thinking
[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.Collection: Breathing Space
There can be no whitewash at the White House.Collection: War
My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.Collection: Strong
Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.Collection: Baseball
Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to do is switch on their television sets.Collection: Government
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.Collection: Stars
What we do with this peace-whether we preserve it and defend it, or whether we lose it and let it slip away-will be the measure of our worthiness of the spirit and sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives in two World Wars, Korea, and in Vietnam.Collection: War
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...Collection: Believe
The great silent majority.Collection: Presidential
An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must recognize their ecological significance and preserve them as sources of inspiration and education. And we need them as places of quiet refuge and reflection.Collection: Inspiration
Nothing is more priceless and more worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.Collection: Country
Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed.Collection: Land
The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.Collection: Peace
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.Collection: Military
I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.Collection: Inspirational
I often thought that if there had been a good rap group around in those days, I might have chosen a career in music instead of politics.Collection: Rap
With all our differences, whenever we are confronted with a threat to our security we are not then Republicans or Democrats but Americans; we are not then the fifty states but the United States.Collection: Differences
The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.Collection: War
I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.Collection: Crooks
For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.Collection: Funny
This is a great day for France!Collection: Funny
I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team.Collection: Team
I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truthCollection: Wisdom
My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.Collection: Break Up
The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.Collection: War
We seek friendly relations with all nations. Any nation can be our friend without being any other nation's enemy.Collection: Enemy
I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war.Collection: War
The color of communism was not red but gray.Collection: Color
Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.Collection: Thinking
The average American is just like the child in the family.Collection: Children
Mr. Stevenson has a degree alright-a PhD from the Acheson College of Cowardly Communist Containment.Collection: War