Richard Nixon Quotes

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

There can be no whitewash at the White House.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.

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

I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

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

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.