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Well, I'm not a crook.

Well, I'm not a crook.

Richard M. Nixon
Crooks, Wells
Speech, Orlando, Fla., 17 Nov. 1973

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

Richard M. Nixon
Funny, Business, People

I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in the Cabinet.

Richard M. Nixon
Jobs, Thank God, Want
"The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment That Redefined the Supreme Court". Book by John W. Dean, 2001; later quoted in "Double Dipping at the Waffle House" by Dahlia Lithwick in Slate, October 11, 2001.

Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.

Richard M. Nixon
Realism, Idealism, Immoral

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

Richard M. Nixon
Writing, Positive Thinking, Opportunity

Those who hate us only win if we hate them back

Richard M. Nixon
Hate, Winning, Ifs

I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else.

Richard M. Nixon
Thinking, Enough Time, Moved On

As long as I'm sitting in the chair, there's not going to be any Jew appointed to that court. No Jew can be right on the criminal-law issue.

Richard M. Nixon
Law, Issues, Long
National Review, November 19, 2001.

Clean air, clean water, open spaces - these should once again be the birthright of every American.

Richard M. Nixon
Air, Space, Water
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.13, Best Books on

When information which properly belongs to the public is systematically withheld by those in power, the people soon become ignorant of their own affairs, distrustful of those who manage them, and -- eventually -- incapable of determining their own destinies.

Richard M. Nixon
Destiny, People, Ignorant
Nixon, Richard M. (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972”, p.402, Best Books on

I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

Richard M. Nixon
Office, President, United States

To me, the most unhappy people in the world are the people ... in Palm Beach- Going to parties every night. Playing golf every afternoon, then bridge. [They have] no purpose.

Richard M. Nixon
Beach, Party, Golf

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
Anger, Sunset, Discipline

Look, people get drunk ... People chase girls. And the point is, it's a hell of a lot better for them to get drunk than to take drugs. It's better to chase girls than boys.

Richard M. Nixon
Girl, Boys, People

Publicly, we say one thing....Actually, we do another.

Richard M. Nixon
One Thing

Where the hell is Chad?

Richard M. Nixon
Political, Politics, Hell

I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped.

Richard M. Nixon
Russia, Leader, Political

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

Richard M. Nixon
Love, School, Sunday
"Excerpt: 'Assault on Reason'", abcnews.go.com. May 22, 2007.

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy.

Richard M. Nixon
Philosophy, Media, News

You want a wife who is intelligent, but not too intelligent.

Richard M. Nixon
Intelligent, Wife, Want

My gravest secret is that I really did fake the moon landing. On Venus!

Richard M. Nixon
Moon, Fake, Secret

What we have done with the American Indian is its way as bad as what we imposed on the Negroes. We took a proud and independent race and virtually destroyed them. We have to find ways to bring them back into decent lives in this country.

Richard M. Nixon
Country, Independent, Race

Screw State! State's always on the side of the blacks. The hell with them!

Richard M. Nixon
Sides, Hell, States
Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, Volume E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa 1969-1972, Document 258: Conversation Between President Nixon and the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Camp David, history.state.gov. September 24, 1972.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

Richard M. Nixon
Music, Beautiful, Equality

Solutions are not the answer.

Richard M. Nixon
Funny, Stupid, Dumb