Before We Become Too Arrogant With The Most Deadly Of The Seven Deadly Sins, The Sin Of Pride, Let Us Remember That The Two Great Wars Of This Century, Wars Which Cost Twenty Million Dead, Were Fought Between Christian Nations Praying To The Same God.

-Richard M. Nixon

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Past

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Color

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Federal And State Laws (should) Be Changed To No Longer Make It A Crime To Possess Marijuana For Private Use.

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Fun

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If An Individual Wants To Be A Leader And Isn't Controversial, That Means He Never Stood For Anything.

Mean

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Want

Restoring Nature To Its Natural State Is A Cause Beyond Party And Beyond Factions. It Has Become A Common Cause Of All The People Of This Country. It Is A Cause Of Particular Concern To Young Americans, Because They More Than We Will Reap The Grim Consequences Of Our Failure To Act On Programs Which Are Needed Now If We Are To Prevent Disaster Later.

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If I Had Feelings, I Probably Wouldn’t Have Even Survived.

Feelings

Ifs

Survived

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Example

I Really Believe Life Is Simple. It's All The Other People That Make Things Complicated.

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Memories

Sky

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Differences

United States

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A Man Isn't Finnished When He Is Beaten He Is Finnished When He Quits

Men

Quitting

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Dream

Mean

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4th Of July

Patriotic

Government

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Inspirational

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Hiking

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War

Believe

Boys

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Wealth

Panacea

The Time Has Come For Us To Draw The Line. The Time Has Come For The Responsible Leaders Of Both Political Parties To Take A Stand Against Overgrown Government And For The American Taxpayer.

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Government

Leader

Let Us Remember That The Main Purpose Of American Aid Is Not To Help Other Nations, But To Help Ourselves.

Helping Others

Purpose

Remember

Voters Quickly Forget What A Man Says.

Men

Voters

Forget

I Was Under Medication When I Made The Decision To Burn The Tapes.

Funny

Stupid

Decision

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Russia

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No Failure Is Final Unless You Ratify It.

Finals

No Failure

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Fire

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Don't Try To Take On A New Personality; It Doesn't Work.

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Trying

Idealism Without Realism Is Impotent. Realism Without Idealism Is Immoral.

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Memorial Day

Strong

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There Will Be No Whitewash In The White House.

White

House

White House

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Government

White

Black

I Made My Mistakes, But In All Of My Years In Public Life, I Have Never Profited, Never Profited From Public Servicei Have Earned Every Cent. And In All Of My Years Of Public Life, I Have Never Obstructed Justice. And I Think, Too, That I Could Say That In My Years Of Public Life, That I Welcome This Kind Of Examination, Because People Have Got To Know Whether Or Not Their President Is A Crook. Well, I Am Not A Crook. I Have Earned Everything I Have Got.

Life

Mistake

Thinking

Because Of The Realities Of Human Nature, Perfect Peace Is Achieved In Two Places Only: In The Grave And At The Typewriter.

Peace

Reality

Typewriters

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Real

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Trust

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[t]here May Be Some Truth In That If The Arabs Have Some Complaints About My Policy Towards Israel, They Have To Realize That The Jews In The U. S. Control The Entire Information And Propaganda Machine, The Large Newspapers, The Motion Pictures, Radio And Television, And The Big Companies, And There Is A Force That We Have To Take Into Consideration.

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The Three Most Difficult Words To Speak Are, "i Was Wrong."

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A Politician Knows That His Friends Are Not Always His Allies, And That His Adversaries Are Not Always His Enemies.

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Allies

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I Would Have Made A Good Pope.

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Humorous

Profound

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Choices

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Well, I Screwed It Up Real Good, Didn't I?

Real

Wells

If Some Of My Judgments Were Wrong - And Some Were Wrong - They Were Made In What I Believed At The Time To Be The Best Interest Of The Nation.

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Being The Best

Made

If We Take The Route Of The Permanent Handout, The American Character Will Itself Be Impoverished.

Character

Handouts

Routes

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Thinking

President

Towns

Each Moment In History Is A Fleeting Time, Precious And Unique. But Some Stand Out As Moments Of Beginning, In Which Courses Are Set That Shape Decades Or Centuries.

Unique

Fleeting

Shapes

Always Give Your Best. Never Get Discouraged. Never Be Petty.

Giving

Discouraged

Great Presidents

I Refuse To Make A Decision That Somebody Else Can Make. The First Rule Of Leadership Is To Save Yourself For The Big Decision. Don't Allow Your Mind To Become Cluttered.

Decision

Mind

Firsts

The Average American Is Just Like The Child In The Family. You Give Him Some Responsibility And He Is Going To Amount To Something. He Is Going To Do Something. If, On The Other Hand, You Make Him Completely Dependent And Pamper Him And Cater To Him Too Much, You Are Going To Make Him Soft, Spoiled And Eventually A Very Weak Individual.

Children

Responsibility

Average

I Gave 'em A Sword. And They Stuck It In, And They Twisted It With Relish. And I Guess If I Had Been In Their Position, I'd Have Done The Same Thing.

Ems

Done

Twisted

When I Am The Candidate, I Run The Campaign.

Running

Campaigns

Candidates

Once You Get Into This Great Stream Of History You Can't Get Out. You Can Drown. Or You Can Be Pulled Ashore By The Tide. But It Is Awfully Hard To Get Out When You Are In The Middle Of The Stream -- If It Is Intended That You Stay There.

Tides

Middle

Vocation

If The President Does It, It Can't Be Illegal.

President

Doe

Illegal

It Is Necessary For Me To Establish A Winner Image. Therefore, I Have To Beat Somebody.

History

Winner

Beats

The Important Thing Is That We Maintain Plausible Deniability.

Important

Plausible

Important Things

The Only Way To Achieve A Practical, Livable Peace In A World Of Competing Nations Is To Take The Profit Out Of War.

War

Democracy

World

I Never Say Something I Cannot Do. And I Always Will Do More Than I Can Say.

I Can

But It's Not Just The Ratty Part Of Town. The Upper Class In San Francisco Is That Way. The Bohemian Grove, Which I Attend From Time To Time - It Is The Most Faggy Goddamned Thing You Could Ever Imagine, With That San Francisco Crowd. I Can't Shake Hands With Anybody From San Francisco.

Hands

Class

San Francisco

Let Us Build Bridges, My Friends, Build Bridges To Human Dignity Across That Gulf That Separates Black America From White America.

Bridges

White

America

I Got Into A Few Games After They Were Hopelessly Won Or Hopelessly Lost, You Know, When They Put The Substitutes In, And Finally The Water Boy, And Then Me. That Is The Way It Worked.

Football

Boys

Games

Government Can Provide Opportunity. But Opportunity Means Nothing Unless People Are Prepared To Seize It.

Mean

Opportunity

Government

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.

Geography And History

Southern

Presidential

Never Has So Much Military And Economic And Diplomatic Power Been Used So Ineffectively, And If After All Of This Time, And All Of This Sacrifice, And All Of This Support, There Is Still No End In Sight, Then I Say The Time Has Come For The American People To Turn To New Leadership Not Tied To The Mistakes And Policies Of The Past.

Military

War

Mistake

But Also Out Here In This Dreary, Difficult War, I Think History Will Record That This May Have Been One Of Americas Finest Hours, Because We Took A Difficult Task And We Succeeded.

War

Thinking

History

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.

War

Giving

Together

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.

Sports

Jobs

Presidential

The Events That Followed Our Withdrawal From Vietnam, Including The Plight Of The Boat People And The More Than 1 Million Slaughtered By The New Communist Rulers Of Cambodia, Showed That Media Critics Who Said We Were On The Wrong Side Were Mistaken.

War

Media

People

The Italians . . . You Can't Find One Who Is Honest.

Honest

The Only Time In The History Of The World That We Have Had Any Extended Periods Of Peace Is When There Has Been A Balance Of Power. It Is When One Nation Becomes Infinitely More Powerful In Relation To Its Potential Competitors That The Danger Of War Arises.

Powerful

War

Balance

Failure Isn't Falling Down. Failure Is Not Getting Up After You Have Fallen Down.

Fall

Falling Down

Fallen

We Should Set Goals Within The Limits Of Our Resources While Working To The Limits Of Our Powers.

Goal

Limits

Resources

My Telephone Calls And Meetings And Decisions Were Now Parts Of A Prescribed Ritual Aimed At Making Peace With The Past; His Calls, His Meetings And His Decisions Were Already The Ones That Would Shape America's Future." (on Transfer Of Power To Gerald R Ford)

Art

Peace

Reading

Most Days I Feel Like The Sole Survivor Of A Shipwreck, Rowing My Paddleboat Across A Sea Of People On Waves Made Of An Infinite Array Of Hands And Crests That Reveal Anonymous Faces. On A Good Day, The Clouds Part To Alight On-lo And Behold-an Island! I Step Ashore, Only Find That It Too Is Made Of People, Mangled Bodies Somehow Still Alive. They Grab At My Feet, Pulling Me Under Like Quicksand. The Last Thing I See Before Suffocating Is The Sky, A Billion Eyes Staring Down, Blinking In Undulating Electric Ripples. The Cold Rain I Feel On My Cheeks Is The Tears Of The People.

Rain

Good Day

Eye

I Don't Think A Woman Should Be In Any Government Job Whatever. I Mean, I Really Don't. The Reason Why I Do Is Mainly Because They Are Erratic And Emotional.

Jobs

Mean

Emotional

If I Were To Make Public These Tapes, Containing Blunt And Candid Remarks On Many Different Subjects, The Confidentiality Of The Office Of The President Would Always Be Suspect.

Stupid

Office

President

The Lesson Of All History Warns Us That We Should Negotiate Only When Our Military Superiority Is So Convincing That We Can Achieve Our Objective At The Conference Table, And Deny The Aggressor Theirs.

Peace

Military

War

It's A Piece Of Cake Until You Get To The Top. You Find You Can't Stop Playing The Game The Way You've Always Played It.

Games

Cake

Pieces

A Man Who Has Never Lost Himself In A Cause Bigger Than Himself Has Missed One Of Life's Mountaintop Experiences. Only In Losing Himself Does He Find Himself. Only Then Does He Discover All The Latent Strengths He Never Knew He Had And Which Otherwise Would Have Remained Dormant.

Patriotic

Men

Doe

The Jewish Cabal Is Out To Get Me.

Cabal

I'm Not A Lovable Man.

Men

Lovable

A Riot Is A Spontaneous Outburst. A War Is Subject To Advance Planning.

Military

War

Planning

People Are Persuaded By Reason, But Moved By Emotion; [the Leader] Must Both Persuade Them And Move Them.

Moving

People

Leader

There Are Some People, You Know, They Think The Way To Be A Big Man Is To Shout And Stomp And Raise Hell-and Then Nothing Ever Really Happens. I'm Not Like That I Never Shoot Blanks.

Technology

Men

Thinking

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Reading

Exercise

Television Watching

Success Is Not A Harbor But A Voyage With Its Own Perils To The Spirit ... The Lesson That Most Of Us On This Voyage Never Learn, But Can Never Quite Forget, Is That To Win Is Sometimes To Lose.

Change

Success

Time

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Cities

Space

People

The Greatness Comes Not When Things Go Always Good For You. But The Greatness Comes When You're Really Tested, When You Take Some Knocks, Some Disappointments, When Sadness Comes. Because Only If You've Been In The Deepest Valley Can You Ever Know How Magnificent It Is To Be On The Highest Mountain.

Positive

Courage

Disappointment

I've Never Left A Game Before It Ended. You Never Know When There Could Be A Big Turnaround In The Game.

Inspirational

Motivational

Baseball

You Have To Face The Fact That The Whole Problem Is Really The Blacks. The Key Is To Devise A System That Recognizes This All While Not Appearing To.

Keys

Faces

Facts

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.

Jobs

Believe

History

Neil And Buzz, I Am Talking To You By Telephone From The Oval Office At The White House, And This Certainly Has To Be The Most Historic Telephone Call Ever Made. . . . Because Of What You Have Done, The Heavens Have Become A Part Of Man's World. As You Talk To Us From The Sea Of Tranquility, It Inspires Us To Redouble Our Efforts To Bring Peace And Tranquility To Earth.

Moon

Men

Space

We Must Maintain The Integrity Of The White House, And That Integrity Must Be Real, Not Transparent. There Can Be No Whitewash At The White House.

Integrity

Real

White

Defeat Doesn't Finish A Man, Quit Does.

Inspirational

Learning

Men

The Ultimate Test Of A Nation's Character Is Not How It Responds To Adversity In War But How It Meets The Challenge Of Peace.

War

Character

Adversity

People Should Not Have To Pay For Pollution They Do Not Cause.

I Have A Theory, Too, That The Best And Only Answer To A Smear Or To An Honest Misunderstanding Of The Facts Is To Tell The Truth

Wisdom

Facts

Answers

If, When The Chips Are Down, The Worlds Most Powerful Nation, The United States Of America, Acts Like A Pitiful, Helpless Giant, The Forces Of Totalitarianism And Anarchy Will Threaten Free Nations And Free Institutions Throughout The World.

Powerful

America

United States

My Strong Point, If I Have A Strong Point, Is Performance. I Always Do More Than I Say. I Always Produce More Than I Promise.

Strong

Promise

Produce

The More You Stay In This Kind Of Job, The More You Realize That A Public Figure, A Major Public Figure, Is A Lonely Man.

Lonely

Jobs

Loneliness

When The Death Of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Thrust Him Suddenly Into The Presidency In April Of 1945 At One Of The Most Critical Moments Of Our History, He Met That Moment With Courage And Vision. His Farsighted Leadership In The Postwar Era Has Helped Ever Since To Preserve Peace And Freedom In The World.

Vision

President

Eras

Yes, I Wish I'd Done It Sooner.

War

Wish

Done

My Strong Point Is Not Rhetoric , It Isn't Showmanship, It Isn't Big Promises - Those Things That Create The Glamour And The Excitement That People Call Charisma And Warmth.

Strong

People

Promise

If We Succeed, It Will Not Be Because Of What We Have, But It Will Be Because Of What We Are; Not Because Of What We Own, But, Rather Because Of What We Believe.

Inspirational Life

Believe

Succeed

I Knew If I Continued To Look Around It Would Be Difficult For Me To Contain My Own Emotions. So I Turned Away From The Red Eyes Of The Crowd And Looked Only At The Red Eye Of The Camera, Talking To All The Nation.

Eye

Talking

Cameras

Now That All The Members Of The Press Are So Delighted I Lost, I'd Like To Make A Statement. As I Leave You I Want You To Know -just Think How Much You'll Be Missing. You Won't Have Nixon To Kick Around Anymore Because, Gentlemen, This Is My Last Press Conference.

Thinking

Missing

Gentleman

History Is A Pathetic Junkyard Of Broken Treaties.

Broken

Junkyard

Treaties

The Peace We Seek In The World Is Not The Flimsy Peace Which Is Merely An Interlude Between Wars, But A Peace Which Can Endure For Generations To Come. It Is Important That We Understand Both The Necessity And The Limitations Of America's Role In Maintaining That Peace. Unless We In America Work To Preserve The Peace, There Will Be No Peace. Unless We In America Work To Preserve Freedom, There Will Be No Freedom.

Peace

War

America

And I Want You To Know That I Have No Intention Whatever Of Ever Walking Away From The Job That The People Elected Me To Do For The People Of The United States.

Jobs

Walking Away

People

I Seriously Doubt If We Will Ever Have Another War. This Is Probably The Very Last One.

War

Doubt

Lasts

What Are Our Schools For If Not Indoctrination Against Communism?

School

Politics

Communism

Why Would Anyone Want To Be President Today? The Answer Is Not One Of Glory, Or Fame; Today The Burdens Of The Office Outweigh Its Privileges. Its Not Because The Presidency Offers A Chance To Be Somebody, But Because It Offers A Chance To Do Something.

Office

President

Answers

I Want To Be Sure...that Nothing Is Done On These Veterans. Is That Understood?...is The Word Out? That They Are Not To Touch Em, They Are Not To Do A Thing?...get A Hold Of The District Police; They're Not To Touch Them, They're To Do Nothing: Just Let Em Raise Hell.

War

Police

Ems

Our Souls Speak From Across The Miles, Intertwined, You And I.

Friendship

Soul

Speak

I Reject The Cynical View That Politics Is A Dirty Business.

Dirty

Naughty

Views

So You Are Lean And Mean And Resourceful And You Continue To Walk On The Edge Of The Precipice Because Over The Years You Have Become Fascinated By How Close You Can Walk Without Losing Your Balance.

Mean

Years

Balance

The 1970s Must Be The Years When America Pays Its Debt To The Past By Reclaiming The Purity Of Its Air, Its Waters, And Our Living Environment. It Is Literally Now Or Never.

Past

Air

Years

Any Culture Which Can Put A Man On The Moon Is Capable Of Gathering All The Nations Of The Earth In Peace, Justice And Concord.

Moon

Men

Justice

As Long As I'm Sitting In The Chair, There's Not Going To Be Any Jew Appointed To That Court. No Jew Can Be Right On The Criminal-law Issue.

Law

Issues

Long

Success Is Not A Harbor But A Voyage With Its Own Perils To The Spirit. The Game Of Life Is To Come Up A Winner, To Be A Success, Or To Achieve What We Set Out To Do.

Congratulations

Games

Voyages

Because The Public Lands Belong To All Americans, This 1872 Mining Act Should Be Repealed.

Land

Conservative

Should

As Far As I Am Concerned Now, I Have No Enemies In The Press Whatsoever.

Enemy

Concerned

Presses

Look At The Justice Department, It's Full Of Jews...the Lawyers In Government Are Damn Jews.

Art

Men

Law

I'm Not Going To Be The First American President To Lose A War.

War

President

Vietnam

I Have Impeached Myself By Resigning.

Failure

Political

Politics

Since I Have Never One A Debate Let Me Tell You How Not To Lose One.

Debate

Let Me

Loses

The Ability To Be Cool, Confident, And Decisive In Crisis Is Not An Inherited Characteristic But Is The Direct Result Of How Well The Individual Has Prepared Himself For The Battle.

Meaningful

Battle

Individual

Clean Air, Clean Water, Open Spaces - These Should Once Again Be The Birthright Of Every American.

Air

Space

Water

As We Work To Expand Our Supplies Of Energy, We Should Also Recognize That We Must Balance Those Efforts With Our Concern To Preserve Our Environment. In The Past, As We Have Sought New Energy Sources, We Have Too Often Damaged Or Despoiled Our Land.

Past

Land

Effort

I Hereby Resign This Office Of President Of The United States.

Office

President

United States

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.

Presidential

Choices

Our Actions

Law Enforcement Officers Should Use Only The Minimum Force Necessary In Dealing With Disorders When They Arise. A Human Life-the Life Of A Student, Soldier, Or Police Officer-is A Precious Thing, And The Taking Of A Life Can Be Justified Only As A Necessary And Last Resort.

Law

Police

Soldier

What Was Watergate? A Little Bugging!

Littles

Watergate

Baseball Is Great Because Anything Can Happen Through The Ninth Inning.

Baseball

Anything Can Happen

Happens

I Don't Think That A Leader Can Control, To Any Great Extent, His Destiny. Very Seldom Can He Step In And Change The Situation If The Forces Of History Are Running In Another Direction.

Leadership

Running

Destiny

With Those Who Are Willing To Join, Let Us Cooperate To Reduce The Burden Of Arms, To Strengthen The Structure Of Peace, To Lift Up The Poor And The Hungry.

Arms

Hungry

Poor

We Do Not Learn By Inference And Deduction And The Application Of Mathematics To Philosophy, But By Direct Intercourse And Sympathy.

Sympathy

Philosophy

Sensual

People React To Fear, Not Love; They Don't Teach That In Sunday School, But It's True.

Love

School

Sunday

We Cannot Learn From One Another Until We Stop Shouting At One Another - Until We Speak Quietly Enough So That Our Words Can Be Heard As Well As Our Voices.

Communication

Learning

Voice

It Is Sad That It Was Necessary That Santa Barbara Should Be The Example That Had To Bring It To The Attention Of The American People. What Is Involved Is The Use Of Our Resources Of The Sea And Of The Land In A More Effective Way And With More Concern For Preserving The Beauty And The Natural Resources That Are So Important To Any Kind Of Society That We Want For The Future. The Santa Barbara Incident Has Frankly Touched The Conscience Of The American People.

Santa Barbara

Sea

Land

No President In History Has Been More Vilified Or Was More Vilivied During The Time He Was President Than Lincoln. Those Who Knew Him, His Secretaries, Have Written That He Was Deeply Hurt By What Was Said About Him And Drawn About Him, But On The Other Hand, Lincoln Had The Great Strength Of Character Never To Display It, Always Able To Stand Tall And Strong And Firm No Matter How Harsh Or Unfair The Criticism Might Be. These Elements Of Greatness, Of Course, Inspire Us All Today.

Strength

Hurt

Strong

People Have Got To Know Whether Or Not Their President Is A Crook. Well, I'm Not A Crook. I Earned Everything I've Got.

People

President

Crooks

The Jews Are Just A Very Aggressive And Abrasive And Obnoxious Personality.

Personality

Aggressive

Obnoxious

This Is The Greatest Week In The History Of The World Since The Creation, Because As A Result Of What Happened In This Week, The World Is Bigger, Infinitely.

History

World

Week

By The Time You Get Dressed, Drive Out There, Play 18 Holes And Come Home, You've Blown Seven Hours. There Are Better Things You Can Do With Your Time.

Home

Play

Hours

I Believe In The Battle-whether It's The Battle Of A Campaign Or The Battle Of This Office, Which Is A Continuing Battle.

Believe

Office

Battle

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.

Thinking

Long Ago

Hands

I Don't Know Anything That Builds The Will To Win Better Than Competitive Sports.

Sports

Winning

Will To Win

Economic Power Is Not The Same As Strength Of National Character. Our Country May Be Rich In Goods, But We Are Poor In Spirit.

Country

Character

Power

My Concern Today Is Not With The Length Of A Person's Hair But With His Conduct.

Hair

Today

Length

My Gravest Secret Is That I Really Did Fake The Moon Landing. On Venus!

Moon

Fake

Secret

[the Public Lands Represent] In A Sense, The Breathing Space Of The Nation.

Breathing Space

Land

Nations

By Taking This Action, I Hope That I Will Have Hastened The Start Of The Healing.

Healing

Patriotic

Action

I've Analyzed The Best I Can... And I Have Not Found An Impeachable Offense, And Therefore Resignation Is Not An Acceptable Course.

Found

Resignation

Offense

There Is No Such Thing As A Nonpolitical Speech By A Politician.

Speech

Politician

You Cannot Win A Battle In Any Arena Merely By Defending Yourself.

Success

Winning

Presidential

An Important Measure Of Our True Commitment To Environmental Quality Is Our Dedication To Protecting The Wilderness And Its Inhabitants. We Must Recognize Their Ecological Significance And Preserve Them As Sources Of Inspiration And Education. And We Need Them As Places Of Quiet Refuge And Reflection.

Inspiration

Commitment

Reflection

A President Can Ask For Reconciliation In The Racial Conflict That Divides Americans. But Reconciliation Comes Only From The Hearts Of People.

Heart

People

President

Those Who Hate You Don't Win Unless You Hate Them Back.

Hate

Winning

Hatred

The Pakistanis Are Straightforward And Sometimes Extremely Stupid. The Indians Are More Devious, Sometimes So Smart That We Fall For Their Line.

Smart

Stupid

Fall

Anybody Who Wants To Be An Ambassador, Wants To Pay At Least $250,000.

Ambassadors

Want

Pay

The Bastards Have Never Been Bombed Like They're Going To Be Bombed This Time.

Military

Never Say No When A Client Asks For Something, Even If It Is The Moon. You Can Always Try, And Anyhow There Is Plenty Of Time Afterwards To Explain That It Was Not Possible.

Moon

Trying

Clients

Where The Hell Is Chad?

Political

Politics

Hell

When Information Which Properly Belongs To The Public Is Systematically Withheld By Those In Power, The People Soon Become Ignorant Of Their Own Affairs, Distrustful Of Those Who Manage Them, And -- Eventually -- Incapable Of Determining Their Own Destinies.

Destiny

People

Ignorant

When I Grow Up, I Want To Be An Honest Lawyer So Things Like That Can't Happen.

Growing Up

Want

Honest

The Great Silent Majority.

Presidential

Majority

Silent

They Put The Jewish Interest Above America's Interest And It's About Goddamn Time That The Jew In America Realizes He's An American First And A Jew Second.

America

Firsts

Realizing

For Among Nations - As Within Nations - The Soundest Unity Is That Which Respects Diversity, And The Strongest Cohesion Is That Which Rejects Coercion.

Diversity

Presidential

Unity

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.

Exercise

Government

President

Life Isn't Meant To Be Easy. It's Hard To Take Being On The Top - Or On The Bottom. I Guess I'm Something Of A Fatalist. You Have To Have A Sense Of History, I Think, To Survive Some Of These Things... Life Is One Crisis After Another.

Thinking

History

Life Is

Never Be Too Proud To Go Onto Your Knees Before God.

Proud

Knees

I'd Like To See People, Instead Of Spending So Much Time On The Ethical Problem, Get After The Problems That Really Affect The People Of This Country

Country

People

Problem

The Worst Thing A Politician Can Be Is Dull. At Least I'm Interesting.

Interesting

Political

Dull

I Can See Clearly Now... That I Was Wrong In Not Acting More Decisively And More Forthrightly In Dealing With Watergate.

History

Acting

Watergate

Let Us Begin By Committing Ourselves To The Truth To See It Like It Is, And Tell It Like It Is, To Find The Truth, To Speak The Truth, And To Live The Truth.

Truth

Lying

Honor

I'm Glad I'm Not Brezhnev. Being The Russian Leader In The Kremlin. You Never Know If Someone's Tape Recording What You Say.

Wisdom

Leader

Tape

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.

Time

Men

Discipline

I Had Never Expected That The China Initiative Would Come To Fruition In The Form Of A Ping-pong Team.

Team

Ping Pong

Fruition

I Want A Goddamn Strong Statement On Marijuana, I Mean One That Just Tears The Ass Out Of Them. You Know, Its A Funny Thing, Every One Of The Bastards That Are Out For Legalizing Marijuana Is Jewish.

Strong

Mean

Marijuana

The Soviet Union Began By Banishing God. The United States Began As A Community Of People Who Wanted To Worship God As They Chose. . . Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone. Those In The United States Whose Desire To Create A Strictly Secular Society Is As Strong As Lenin's Was Should Study This Cold War Lesson Closely. Communism Was Defeated By An Alliance Spearheaded By 'one Nation Under God.'

Strong

War

Men

Mrs. Nixon And I Share The Sorrow Of Millions Of Americans At The Death Of Louis Armstrong. One Of The Architects Of An American Art Form, A Free And Individual Spirit, And An Artist Of Worldwide Fame, His Great Talents And Magnificent Spirit Added Richness And Pleasure To All Our Lives.

Art

Sorrow

Spirit

I Never Leave A Game Before The Last Pitch, Because In Baseball, As In Life And Especially Politics, You Never Know What Will Happen.

Baseball

Games

Lasts

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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