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

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

Richard M. Nixon
Care, Likes, Firsts

For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

Richard M. Nixon
Funny, Moon, Years

I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team.

Richard M. Nixon
Team, Ping Pong, Fruition

My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.

Richard M. Nixon
Break Up, Winning, Views
Nixon, Richard M. (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972”, p.2, Best Books on

The color of communism was not red but gray.

Richard M. Nixon
Color, Red, Communism

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

Richard M. Nixon
History, Acting, Watergate

Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

Richard M. Nixon
Thinking, Long Ago, Hands

Mr. Stevenson has a degree alright-a PhD from the Acheson College of Cowardly Communist Containment.

Richard M. Nixon
War, College, Degrees

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

Richard M. Nixon
Support, Majority, Tonight
Address to the Nation on VietnamWar, 3 Nov. 1969. The term silent majority is found as early as 1870, when the Economist (19 Nov.) referred to "the silent majority which so seldom appears at the polls." See Petronius 2; Edward Young 1

The events that followed our withdrawal from Vietnam, including the plight of the boat people and the more than 1 million slaughtered by the new communist rulers of Cambodia, showed that media critics who said we were on the wrong side were mistaken.

Richard M. Nixon
War, Media, People

Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

Richard M. Nixon
Thinking, Missing, Gentleman
After losing the election for Governor of California, 5 November 1962, in 'New York Times' 8 November 1962, p. 8

[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.

Richard M. Nixon
Breathing Space, Land, Nations

There can be no whitewash at the White House.

Richard M. Nixon
War, White, House
Televised speech, 30 Apr. 1973

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Richard M. Nixon
Advice, President, Needs
Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1974”, p.390, Best Books on

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.

Richard M. Nixon
Strong, People, Promise
Nixon, Richard M. (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972”, p.12, Best Books on

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

Richard M. Nixon
Baseball, Anything Can Happen, Happens
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.540, Best Books on

Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to do is switch on their television sets.

Richard M. Nixon
Government, Missing, Television

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

Richard M. Nixon
Struggle, Reality, Swag

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

Richard M. Nixon
Character, Handouts, Routes
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.645, Best Books on

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.

Richard M. Nixon
Leadership, Running, Destiny

In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.

Richard M. Nixon
Stars, Hero, Epic
"What If Apollo 11 Failed? President Nixon Had Speech Ready" by Nola Taylor Redd, www.space.com. July 22, 2014.

What we do with this peace-whether we preserve it and defend it, or whether we lose it and let it slip away-will be the measure of our worthiness of the spirit and sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands who gave their lives in two World Wars, Korea, and in Vietnam.

Richard M. Nixon
War, Sacrifice, Korea

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Richard M. Nixon
Blessing, Boredom, Problem

The great silent majority.

Richard M. Nixon
Presidential, Majority, Silent
Address to the Nation on VietnamWar, 3 Nov. 1969. The term silent majority is found as early as 1870, when the Economist (19 Nov.) referred to "the silent majority which so seldom appears at the polls." See Petronius 2; Edward Young 1

An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must recognize their ecological significance and preserve them as sources of inspiration and education. And we need them as places of quiet refuge and reflection.

Richard M. Nixon
Inspiration, Commitment, Reflection
Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.101, Best Books on