Richard M. Nixon Quotes

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

Let`s destroy this young demagogue before he becomes another Ralph Nader. (about John Kerry)

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

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.

I don`t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

You`ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That`s when you develop character.