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Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

Never forget, the press is the enemy. The establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy. Professors are the enemy. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.

Richard M. Nixon
Writing, Enemy, Never Forget

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

Richard M. Nixon
Silly, Mean, Political
Television interview by David Frost, 19 May 1977

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

Richard M. Nixon
Said, Heard, Knows

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

Richard M. Nixon
Lying, Said, Untrue

I didn't do anything wrong and I promise to never do it again.

Richard M. Nixon
Promise, I Promise

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

Richard M. Nixon
Failure, Men, Presidential
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Richard M. Nixon
Inspirational, Life, Hiking
Farewell Remarks to White House Cabinet and Staff, delivered 9 August 1974

There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white.

Richard M. Nixon
White, Abortion, Black
Tape released after the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe v. Wade, www.nixonlibrary.gov. January 23, 1973.

Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.

Richard M. Nixon
Sound, Socialism, Capitalism

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Richard M. Nixon
Fear, Hate, Winning
Address to members of administration on leaving office as president, 9 Aug. 1974

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

Richard M. Nixon
Jobs, Mean, Emotional
"Presidential Confidential: Sex, Scandal, Murder and Mayhem in the Oval Office". Book by John Boertlein, September 29, 2010.

Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.

Richard M. Nixon
Country, People, Political

Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while.

Richard M. Nixon
Honesty, Trying, May

I don't mind the homosexuality. I understand it. Nevertheless, goddamn, I don't think you glorify it on public television, homosexuality, even more than you glorify whores. We all know we have weaknesses. But, goddammit, what do you think that does to kids? You know what happened to the Greeks! Homosexuality destroyed them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo. We all know that. So was Socrates.

Richard M. Nixon
Kids, Thinking, Greek
Tapes from 1971 as presented in "All the Philosopher King's Men" by James Warren in "Harper's Magazine", February 2000.

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
Communication, Learning, Voice
Inaugural Address, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. January 20, 1969.

The important thing is that we maintain plausible deniability.

Richard M. Nixon
Important, Plausible, Important Things

They put the Jewish interest above America's interest and it's about goddamn time that the Jew in America realizes he's an American first and a Jew second.

Richard M. Nixon
America, Firsts, Realizing

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

Richard M. Nixon
Funny, Weed, Marijuana

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

Richard M. Nixon
Carpe Diem, Fire, Steel
Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.525, Best Books on

The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

Richard M. Nixon
Interesting, Political, Dull

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Richard M. Nixon
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

The Bohemian Grove, which I attend from time to time - it is the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine.

Richard M. Nixon
Imagine, Bohemian, Grove
Tapes from 1971 as presented in "All the Philosopher King's Men" by James Warren in Harper's Magazine, February 2000.

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

Richard M. Nixon
Men, Thinking, Action

Any nation that decides the only way to achieve peace is through peaceful means is a nation that will soon be a piece of another nation.

Richard M. Nixon
Peace, Mean, Pieces
"No More Vietnams". Book by Richard M. Nixon, 1985.

I would have made a good pope.

Richard M. Nixon
Witty, Humorous, Profound