“Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: change
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Finishing second in the Olympics gets you
“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: politics
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We do not learn by inference and
“We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: sympathy
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You must never be satisfied with losing.
“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.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
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Let us begin by committing ourselves to
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: truth
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What starts the process, really, are laughs
“What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: change
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We must always remember that America is
“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
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: government
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In the television age, the key distinction
“In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: poetry
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In the long term we can hope
“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.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: history
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I reject the cynical view that politics
“I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.”
— Richard M. Nixon
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Category: business
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In the long term we can hope
“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.”
— Richard M. Nixon
Author: Richard M. Nixon
Category: change
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