Richard M. Nixon Quotes about Power

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Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.

Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.

Richard M. Nixon

Country, Character, Power

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.