Richard M. Nixon Quotes

American - President | January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

Richard M. Nixon

CoolI CanTakeGetCoolerTougher

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

Richard M. Nixon

LeaderNeverIndividualAnythingHe

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

Richard M. Nixon

HistoryHonorGreatestPeacemaker

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

Richard M. Nixon

LoveFearSchoolPeopleSundayTrue

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Richard M. Nixon

WordsSpeakLearnEnoughStopWell

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

Richard M. Nixon

CharacterAmericanWillPermanent

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

Richard M. Nixon

CandidPresidentOfficeAlwaysBlunt

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

Richard M. Nixon

GoodRealUpScrewedWell

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

Richard M. Nixon

TodayGreatGovernmentPeopleNation

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

Richard M. Nixon

NegotiationUsMoveEraLet Us

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

Richard M. Nixon

ChangeChaosInterestExistBecause

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

Richard M. Nixon

DignityPresidencyFloorsMuch

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