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As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be supported by the U.S. Government. We maintain freedom of religion so that

As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be supported by the U.S. Government. We maintain freedom of religion so that an American can either worship in the church of his choice or choose to go to no church at all.

Richard M. Nixon
Government, Choices, Presidential

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

Richard M. Nixon
People, United States, Opiates

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

Richard M. Nixon
Baseball, Games, Lasts

I would rather be a one-term President and do what I believe is right than to be a two-term President at the cost of seeing America become a second-race power and to see this Nation accept the first defeat in its proud 190-year history.

Richard M. Nixon
Believe, Power, Race
Richard M. Nixon's address to the nation on the situation in Southeast Asia (April 30, 1970) as quoted in "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970" by the U.S. Government Printing Office (p. 410), 1971.

Let us build bridges, my friends, build bridges to human dignity across that gulf that separates black America from white America.

Richard M. Nixon
Bridges, White, America

I refuse to make a decision that somebody else can make. The first rule of leadership is to save yourself for the big decision. Don't allow your mind to become cluttered.

Richard M. Nixon
Decision, Mind, Firsts

Any culture which can put a man on the Moon is capable of gathering all the nations of the earth in peace, justice and concord.

Richard M. Nixon
Moon, Men, Justice

I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to contain my own emotions. So I turned away from the red eyes of the crowd and looked only at the red eye of the camera, talking to all the nation.

Richard M. Nixon
Eye, Talking, Cameras

I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended up a sports writer.

Richard M. Nixon
Sports, Jobs, Presidential

Nothing matters more to the future of this Nation than insuring that our young men and women learn to believe in themselves and believe in their dreams, and that they develop this capacitythat you develop this capacity, so that you keep it all of your lives. I believe one of Americas most priceless assets is the idealism which motivates the young people of America. My generation has invested all that it has, not only its love but its hope and faith, in yours.

Richard M. Nixon
Love, Dream, Believe
Remarks at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, January 14, 1971.

Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted: peace is improvisation.

Richard M. Nixon
Peace, War, Clarity Of Purpose

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

Richard M. Nixon
Jobs, Men, Thinking
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Never be too proud to go onto your knees before God.

Richard M. Nixon
Proud, Knees

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

Richard M. Nixon
Keys, Idealism, Pragmatism

I never say something I cannot do. And I always will do more than I can say.

Richard M. Nixon
I Can

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

Richard M. Nixon
Media, Years, Force

People are persuaded by reason, but moved by emotion; [the leader] must both persuade them and move them.

Richard M. Nixon
Moving, People, Leader

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.

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

The lesson of all history warns us that we should negotiate only when our military superiority is so convincing that we can achieve our objective at the conference table, and deny the aggressor theirs.

Richard M. Nixon
Peace, Military, War

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

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

I don't give a damn about the civilians.

Richard M. Nixon
Giving, Politics, Damn

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

Richard M. Nixon
Inspirational, Learning, Men
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Richard M. Nixon
Finishing, Complaining, Politics

I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one.

Richard M. Nixon
War, Doubt, Lasts
Interview with C. L. Sulzberger in The New York Times (p. 14), March 8, 1971.

God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.

Richard M. Nixon
Philosopher, Courses