Richard Nixon quotes

Politics would be a helluva good business if it were not for the goddamned people.
- Richard Nixon

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
- Richard Nixon

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
- Richard Nixon

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
- Richard Nixon

In a crisis, be aware of the danger – but recognize the opportunity.
- Richard Nixon

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous.
- Richard Nixon

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

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.
- Richard Nixon

Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.
- Richard Nixon

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.
- Richard Nixon

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

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.
- Richard Nixon

The greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes.
- Richard Nixon

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
- Richard Nixon

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
- Richard Nixon

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
- Richard Nixon

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
- Richard Nixon

When the President does it, that means it’s not illegal.
- Richard Nixon

Don’t get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.
- Richard Nixon

I really believe life is simple. It’s all the other people that make things complicated.
- Richard Nixon

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

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.
- Richard Nixon

I see the face of a child. He lives in a great city. He is black. Or he is white. He is Mexican, Italian, Polish. None of that matters. What matters, he’s an American child.
- Richard Nixon

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.
- Richard Nixon

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 Nixon

The press is the enemy.
- Richard Nixon