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37th U.S. President

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A Republican, he previously served as a U.S. representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nixon is best known for his Cold War foreign policy, including the historic 1972 visit to China, détente with the Soviet Union, and the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. However, his presidency was overshadowed by the Watergate scandal, leading to his resignation—the only such case in U.S. history. His legacy remains complex, marked by significant diplomatic achievements and profound ethical failures.

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Famous Richard M. Nixon Quotes

“Bring us together again.”

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“The great silent majority.”

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“Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.”

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“Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.”

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“You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”

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“You cannot win a battle in any arena merely by defending yourself.”

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“What kind of nation we will be, what kind of world we will live in, whether we shape the future in the image of our hopes, is ours to determine by our actions and our choices.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969

“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.”

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“We have been through, over these years, some difficult times. During the period that I have served as President of the United States, we have been through some difficult times together, and I can only say that the friendship that we have for this nation, the respect and the admiration we have for the people of this nation, their courage, their tenacity, their firmness in the face of very great odds, is one that makes us proud to stand with Israel, as we have in the past in times of trouble, and now to work with Israel in a better time, a time that we trust will be a time of peace.”

“You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It's as simple as that.”

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“Our peaceful borders and our peaceful history are important symbols, to be sure. What they symbolize, however, is the spirit of respect and restraint which allow us to cooperate, despite our differences, in way which help us both.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972

“For among nations - as within nations - the soundest unity is that which respects diversity, and the strongest cohesion is that which rejects coercion.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972

“It has been said that Canada is bounded 'on the north by gold, on the west by the East, on the east by history - and on the south by friends'.* We hope that will always be the case and we hope it will be the case not only with respect to the United States, your immediate neighbor to the south, but with respect to all your southern neighbors - and ours - who are bound by the great forces of geography and history which are distinctive to the New World.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972

“When I spoke at the St. Lawrence Seaway ceremonies in 1969, I borrowed some words from the monument there which I had joined Queen Elizabeth in dedicating just 10 years before. That monument, as its inscription puts it, 'bears witness to the common purpose of two nations whose frontiers are the frontiers of friendship, whose ways are the ways of freedom, whose works are the works of peace'.”

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“You don't know how to lie. If you can't lie, you'll never go anywhere.”

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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 an American can either worship in the church of his choice or choose to go to no church at all.”

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