Quotes from Richard Milhous Nixon

There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time, even, to fly and there is a time to fight. And I'm going to fight like hell. (On Congressional moves toward impeachment)

There will be no whitewash in the White House. (On Watergate investigation)

This is a burden I shall bear for every day of the life that is left to me.

This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation. (Saluting crew of the Apollo 11)

Tonight-to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans-I ask for your support. (On his Vietnam War policy)

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

Violence or the threat of violence must never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community. Once it does, the community, almost by definition, ceases to be a university. It is for this reason that from time immemorial expulsion has been the primary instrument of university discipline.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

Well, I'm not a crook.

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.

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.

You see these bums, you know, blowing up campuses ... storming around about this issue. (On student protesters against Vietnam War)

You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I don't give a damn. to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on civilian casualties in Vietnam

Your mind must always go, even while you're shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.