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Richard Nixon15 quotes
Well, when the president does it…that means that it is not illegal. — Richard Nixon · 1977North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that. — Richard Nixon · 1969People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. — Richard Nixon · 1973I brought myself down. I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I'd had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing. — Richard Nixon · 1977Let us be proud that our system has produced and provided more freedom and more abundance, more widely shared, than any system in the history of the world. — Richard Nixon · 1973We find ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirit; reaching with magnificent precision for the moon, but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We are torn by division, wanting unity. We see around us empty lives, wanting fulfillment. We see tasks that need doing, waiting for hands to do them. — Richard Nixon · 1969All 15 quotes →Jessamyn West1 quote
Sex and religion are bordering states. They use the same vocabulary, share like ecstasies, and often serve as a substitute for one another. — Jessamyn West · 1973