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The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.

The jawbone of an ass is just as dangerous a weapon today as in Sampson's time.

Richard M. Nixon
Weapons, Today, Ass

The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

Richard M. Nixon
Successful, People, Leader

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

Richard M. Nixon
Home, Play, Hours

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job.

Richard M. Nixon
Jobs, Believe, History

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet.

Richard M. Nixon
Toilets, Unions, Bathroom

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

Richard M. Nixon
Stupid, Office, President
Nixon, Richard M. (1975). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1973”, p.694, Best Books on

I believe in building bridges, but we should only build our end of the bridge.

Richard M. Nixon
Believe, Bridges, Building

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

Richard M. Nixon
Retirement, Evening, Boxes

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct.

Richard M. Nixon
Hair, Today, Length
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.427, Best Books on

I have the greatest affection for them but I know they're not going to make it for 500 years. They aren't. You know it, too. The Mexicans are a different cup of tea. They have a heritage. At the present time they steal, they're dishonest, but they do have some concept of family life. They don't live like a bunch of dogs, which the Negroes do live like.

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

I learned that the people who have the cards are usually the ones who talk the least and the softest; those who are bluffing tend to talk loudly and give themselves away.

Richard M. Nixon
People, Giving, Cards

The Italians . . . you can't find one who is honest.

Richard M. Nixon
Honest

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its wings;" with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples of this Earth to choose their own destiny.

Richard M. Nixon
Healing, Winning, Opportunity
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.4, Best Books on

Yet we can maintain a free society only if we recognize that in a free society no one can win all the time. No one can have his own way all the time, and no one is right all the time.

Richard M. Nixon
Time, Freedom, Winning
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.758, Best Books on

I have impeached myself by resigning.

Richard M. Nixon
Failure, Political, Politics

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never.

Richard M. Nixon
Past, Air, Years
Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970”, p.2, Best Books on

I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.

Richard M. Nixon
Believe, Simple, People

We don't owe the blacks a damn thing, anyway.

Richard M. Nixon
Damn, Damn Things

If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived.

Richard M. Nixon
Feelings, Ifs, Survived

I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice.

Richard M. Nixon
Years, Justice, Cents
Speech at press conference, 17 November 1973, in 'New York Times' 18 November 1973, p. 62

If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are; not because of what we own, but, rather because of what we believe.

Richard M. Nixon
Inspirational Life, Believe, Succeed

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

Richard M. Nixon
Change, Success, Time

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

Richard M. Nixon
War, Sleep, Fighting

While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.

Richard M. Nixon
Jobs, Mistake, Heart

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
Change, Strong, Children