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Being Trustworthy Is Something You Are, Something You Stand For And A Core Value You Live By. It Isn't Something You Can Train For Nor Is It Something You Can Manipulate. You Either Have Those Values Or You Don't.

-Richard M. Nixon

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Being Trustworthy Is Something

Richard M. Nixon

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Being Trustworthy Is Something You Are, Something You Stand For And A Core Value You Live By. It Isn't Something You Can Train For Nor Is It Something You Can Manipulate. You Either Have Those Values Or You Don't.

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The People's Right To Change What Does Not Work Is One Of The Greatest Principles In Our System Of Government

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

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.

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.

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While Might Certainly Does Not Make Right, Neither Does Right By Itself Make Might.

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

Finishing Second In The Olympics Gets You Silver. Finishing Second In Politics Gets You Oblivion.

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Academic Freedom

They Say It's The Responsibility Of The Media To Look At Government - Especially The President - With A Microscope. I Don't Argue With That, But When They Use A Proctoscope, It's Going Too Far.

Our Chief Justices Have Probably Had More Profound And Lasting Influence On Their Times And On The Direction Of The Nation Than Most Presidents.

You Won't Have Nixon To Kick Around Anymore, Because, Gentlemen, This Is My Last Press Conference.

Government Has The Responsibility To Provide The Climate In Which Americans, All Americans, Have An Opportunity For Good Jobs; And Not Only For Good Jobs, But An Opportunity If They Have The Ability And The Desire, To Be Owners And Managers, To Have A Piece Of The Action, Because If They Have A Piece Of The Action, Then They Believe In The System Rather Than Fighting Against It.

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

You Can't Depend On The Man Who Made The Mess To Clean It Up.

In The Long Term We Can Hope That Religion Will Change The Nature Of Man And Reduce Conflict. But History Is Not Encouraging In This Respect. The Bloodiest Wars In History Have Been Religious Wars.

In His Heart Everyone Knows That The Only People Who Get Rich From The "get Rich Quick" Books Are Those Who Write Them.

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