Quotes from Richard M. Nixon

Don't try to take on a new personality; it doesn't work.

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

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.

We shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If that were the case, I wouldn't have any newspapers or magazines to read.

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press.

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

In a flat choice between smoke and jobs, we're for jobs... But just keep me out of trouble on environmental issues.

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

No failure is final unless you ratify it.

For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

This is a great day for France!

Peace is a great goal, but it is not a panacea. Neither is material wealth.