Richard Nixon Quotes

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.
Richard Nixon

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet. Richard Nixon

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

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.
Richard Nixon


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

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

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

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
Richard Nixon

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
Richard Nixon

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Richard Nixon

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

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.
Richard Nixon

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.
Richard Nixon