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The press is the enemy.

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

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

Richard M. Nixon

Sports

Will

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Richard M. Nixon

Man

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Richard M. Nixon

Hate

May

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.

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

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

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

Richard M. Nixon

Defeat

Man

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

Richard M. Nixon