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Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

Richard M. Nixon
Fall, Falling Down, Fallen

The Congress, the Administration and the public all share a profound commitment to the rescue of our natural environment, and the preservation of the Earth as a place both habitable by and hospitable to man.

Richard M. Nixon
Commitment, Profound, Earth
"Be Watchful for our Wellsprings and Ourselves" by Jonah C. Steinberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2016.

For among nations - as within nations - the soundest unity is that which respects diversity, and the strongest cohesion is that which rejects coercion.

Richard M. Nixon
Diversity, Presidential, Unity
Nixon, Richard M. (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972”, p.538, Best Books on

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.

Richard M. Nixon
Memories, Sky, White

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

Richard M. Nixon
Military, Vietnam, United States
Address to the Nation on theWar in Vietnam, 3 Nov. 1969

Sharp increases in the minimum wage rate are also inflationary. Frequently workers paid more than the minimum gauge their wages relative to it. This is especially true of those workers who are paid by the hour. An increase in the minimum therefore increases their demands for higher wages in order to maintain their place in the structure of wages. And when the increase is as sharp as it is in H.R. 7935, the result is sure to be a fresh surge of inflation.

Richard M. Nixon
Impact, Order, Gauges
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973".

We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will not be cheap or easy and the costs will have to be borne by each citizen, consumer and taxpayer. How clean is clean enough can only be answered in terms of how much we are willing to pay and how soon we seek success... It is simplistic to seek ecological perfection at the cost of bankrupting the very tax-paying enterprises which must pay for the social advances we seek.

Richard M. Nixon
Dedication, Goal, Perfection

We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit.

Richard M. Nixon
Art, Alive, World
Nixon, Richard M. (1972). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1971”, p.676, Best Books on

Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.

Richard M. Nixon
Law, Police, Soldier
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.1117, Best Books on

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.

Richard M. Nixon
Profound, Justice, President
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.388, Best Books on

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

Richard M. Nixon
I Can

Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people of this country. It is a cause of particular concern to young Americans, because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now if we are to prevent disaster later.

Richard M. Nixon
Country, Party, People

They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far.

Richard M. Nixon
Responsibility, Government, Media

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts is to tell the truth

Richard M. Nixon
Wisdom, Facts, Answers
Checkers, delivered and broadcast live on television 23 September 1952

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.

Richard M. Nixon
Government, White, Black

Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great deal of pain, and that the rewards in the end may not outweigh the pain -if you recognize historically that always happens, then when it comes, you survive it.

Richard M. Nixon
Pain, Survival, May

The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big.

Richard M. Nixon
War, Thinking, Giving

We seek friendly relations with all nations. Any nation can be our friend without being any other nation's enemy.

Richard M. Nixon
Enemy, Friendly, Relation
Nixon, Richard M. (1972). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1971”, p.820, Best Books on

I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war.

Richard M. Nixon
War, President, Vietnam

The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.

Richard M. Nixon
Positive, Work, Heart
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.763, Best Books on

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

Richard M. Nixon
Character, Survival, Defeat

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

Richard M. Nixon
Men, Voters, Forget

There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.

Richard M. Nixon
Technology, Men, Thinking

The average American is just like the child in the family.

Richard M. Nixon
Children, Average
The New York Times Statement from Pre-Election Interviews with Nixon Outlining 2nd Term Plans Page 20, Column 8 November 10, 1972

We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when each person has a fair chance to fulfill his own dreams. This means equal voting rights, equal employment opportunity and new opportunities for expanded ownership, because in order to be secure in their human rights, people need access to property rights.

Richard M. Nixon
Wisdom, Dream, Mean
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.11, Best Books on