I Would Rather Be A One-term President And Do What I Believe Is Right Than To Be A Two-term President At The Cost Of Seeing America Become A Second-race Power And To See This Nation Accept The First Defeat In Its Proud 190-year History.

-Richard M. Nixon

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Unless A President Can Protect The Privacy Of The Advice He Gets, He Cannot Get The Advice He Needs.

Advice

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Needs

Nothing Would Please The Kremlin More Than To Have The People Of This Country Choose A Second Rate President.

Country

People

Political

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.

Responsibility

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Media

I Learned That The People Who Have The Cards Are Usually The Ones Who Talk The Least And The Softest; Those Who Are Bluffing Tend To Talk Loudly And Give Themselves Away.

People

Giving

Cards

What We Have Done With The American Indian Is Its Way As Bad As What We Imposed On The Negroes. We Took A Proud And Independent Race And Virtually Destroyed Them. We Have To Find Ways To Bring Them Back Into Decent Lives In This Country.

Country

Independent

Race

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Together Again

Presidential

Together

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

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 Cold War Isn't Thawing; It Is Burning With A Deadly Heat. Communism Isn't Sleeping; It Is, As Always, Plotting, Scheming, Working, Fighting.

War

Sleep

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The Language Of Politics Is Poetry, Not Prose. Jackson Is Poetry. Cuomo Is Poetry. Dukakis Is A Word Processor.

Language

Prose

Processors

You Don't Know How To Lie. If You Can't Lie, You'll Never Go Anywhere.

Lying

Presidential

Know How

I Have Never Been A Quitter. To Leave Office Before My Term Is Completed Is Opposed To Every Instinct In My Body. But As President I Must Put The Interests Of America First Therefore, I Shall Resign The Presidency Effective At Noon Tomorrow.

America

Office

President

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

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

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

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.

Cartoon

Magazines

Cases

The Great Silent Majority.

Presidential

Majority

Silent

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 Environmental Agenda Before The Congress Includes Laws To Deal With Water Pollution, Pesticide Hazards, Ocean Dumping, Excessive Noise, Careless Land Development And Many Other Environmental Problems. These Problems Will Not Stand Still For Politics Or For Partisanship.

Ocean

Water

Environmental

Maybe New York Shouldn't Survive. Maybe It Should Go Through A Cycle Of Destruction.

New York

Destruction

Should

The One Thing Sure About Politics Is That What Goes Up Comes Down And What Goes Down Often Comes Up.

Politics

Down And

Politician

Once You Get Into This Great Stream Of History, You Can't Get Out.

History

Streams

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.

War

Long

People

Capitalism Works Better Than It Sounds, While Socialism Sounds Better Than It Works.

Sound

Socialism

Capitalism

I'm Not A Lovable Man.

Men

Lovable

With All The Power That A President Has, The Most Important Thing To Bear In Mind Is This: You Must Not Give Power To A Man Unless, Above Everything Else, He Has Character. Character Is The Most Important Qualification The President Of The United States Can Have.

Leadership

Character

Men

Watergate Had Become The Center Of The Media's Universe, And During The Remaining Year Of My Presidency The Media Tried To Force Everything Else To Revolve Around It.

Media

Years

Force

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

Proud

Knees

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

Ambassadors

Want

Pay

The Congress, The Administration And The Public All Share A Profound Commitment To The Rescue Of Our Natural Environment, And The Preservation Of The Earth As A Place Both Habitable By And Hospitable To Man.

Commitment

Profound

Earth

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.

Wisdom

Jobs

Believe

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

Team

Ping Pong

Fruition

We Seek Friendly Relations With All Nations. Any Nation Can Be Our Friend Without Being Any Other Nation's Enemy.

Enemy

Friendly

Relation

The Great Question Of The Seventies Is, Shall We Surrender To Our Surroundings, Or Shall We Make Our Peace With Nature And Begin To Make Reparations For The Damage We Have Done To Our Air, To Our Land, And To Our Water?

Air

Land

Water

I'm Not A Crook. I've Earned Everything I've Got.

Crooks

Once One Determines That He Or She Has A Mission In Life, That's It's Not Going To Be Accomplished Without A Great Deal Of Pain, And That The Rewards In The End May Not Outweigh The Pain -if You Recognize Historically That Always Happens, Then When It Comes, You Survive It.

Pain

Survival

May

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

Goal

Limits

Resources

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

I Let The American People Down, And I Have To Carry That Burden For The Rest Of My Life. My Political Life Is Over. I Will Never Again Have An Opportunity To Serve In Any Official Position. Maybe I Can Give A Little Advice From Time To Time.

Opportunity

People

Giving

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.

Retirement

Evening

Boxes

The Constitution Supposes What The History Of All Governments Demonstrates, That The Executive Is The Branch Of Power Most Interested In War And Most Prone To It. It Has Accordingly With Studied Care, Vested The Question Of War In The Legislature. [if A President Is Successful In Bypassing The Congress] It Is Evident That The People Are Cheated Out Of The Best Ingredients In The Government, The Safeguards Of Peace Which Is The Greatest Of Their Blessings.

War

Successful

Blessing

Tonight - To You, The Great Silent Majority Of My Fellow Americans - I Ask For Your Support.

Support

Majority

Tonight

Communism Starts With The Proposition That There Are No Universal Truths Or General Truths Of Human Nature.

Evil

Human Nature

Communism

The Peace We Seek To Win Is Not Victory Over Any Other People, But The Peace That Comes "with Healing In Its Wings;" With Compassion For Those Who Have Suffered; With Understanding For Those Who Have Opposed Us; With The Opportunity For All The Peoples Of This Earth To Choose Their Own Destiny.

Healing

Winning

Opportunity

I Doubt If Any Of Them Would Even Intentionally Double-park.

Doubt

Parks

Ifs

If You Think The United States Has Stood Still, Who Built The Largest Shopping Center In The World?

Humorous

Thinking

Shopping

There Can Be No Whitewash At The White House.

War

White

House

There Are Some Instances Where You May Be Ahead Of Us, For Example, In The Development Of The Thrust Of Your Rockets For The Investigation Of Outer Space; There May Be Some Instances In Which We Are Ahead Of You--in Color Television, For Instance.

Color

Space

Example

While Technically I Did Not Commit A Crime, An Impeachable Offense... These Are Legalisms, As Far As The Handling Of This Matter Is Concerned; It Was So Botched Up, I Made So Many Bad Judgments. The Worst Ones, Mistakes Of The Heart, Rather Than The Head. But Let Me Say, A Man In That Top Job - He's Got To Have A Heart, But His Head Must Always Rule His Heart.

Jobs

Mistake

Heart

Tell Them To Send Everything That Can Fly.

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

Realism

Idealism

Immoral

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

History Is A Pathetic Junkyard Of Broken Treaties.

Broken

Junkyard

Treaties

Our Peaceful Borders And Our Peaceful History Are Important Symbols, To Be Sure. What They Symbolize, However, Is The Spirit Of Respect And Restraint Which Allow Us To Cooperate, Despite Our Differences, In Way Which Help Us Both.

Differences

Presidential

Peaceful

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

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

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

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

Finishing

Complaining

Politics

...we Must Strike A Balance So That The Protection Of Our Irreplaceable Heritage Becomes As Important As Its Use. The Price Of Economic Growth Need Not And Will Not Be Deterioration In The Quality Of Our Lives And Our Surroundings.

Growth

Balance

Important

[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.

Israel

Machines

Television

Fate Has Ordained That The Men Who Went To The Moon To Explore In Peace Will Stay On The Moon To Rest In Peace. These Brave Men, Neil Armstrong And Edwin Aldrin, Know That There Is No Hope For Their Recovery. But They Also Know That There Is Hope For Mankind In Their Sacrifice.

Rest In Peace

Recovery

Sacrifice

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

Nothing Is More Priceless And More Worthy Of Preservation Than The Rich Array Of Animal Life With Which Our Country Has Been Blessed. It Is A Many-faceted Treasure, Of Value To Scholars, Scientists, And Nature Lovers Alike, And It Forms A Vital Part Of The Heritage We All Share As Americans.

Country

Blessed

Animal

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

Believe

Simple

People

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

I Would Not Like To Be A Political Leader In Russia. They Never Know When They're Being Taped.

Russia

Leader

Political

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

Moon

Fake

Secret

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

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

The Chinese Use Two Brush Strokes To Write The Word "crisis." One Brush Stroke Stands For Danger; The Other For Opportunity.

Writing

Positive Thinking

Opportunity

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

Character

Handouts

Routes

The Jews Are Irreligious, Atheistic, Immoral Bunch Of Bastards.

Bunch

Jew

Immoral

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

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.

Jobs

Men

Thinking

God, Of Course, Is The Greatest Philosopher Of All.

Philosopher

Courses

I'm Not At Liberty To Discuss The Governments Knowledge Of Extraterrestrial Ufo's At This Time. I Am Still Personally Being Briefed On The Subject!

Government

Liberty

Ufo

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

Art

Men

Law

You Must Never Give Up. You Must Remember That You Have To Take Risks In Order To Achieve Anything And Sometimes You Will Suffer Defeat. But The Mark Of Any Individual Is To Recover From Defeat And Disappointment And Go On And Give It His Best Shot.

Disappointment

Giving Up

Order

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

Honest

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 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

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

Feelings

Ifs

Survived

The Average American Is Just Like The Child In The Family.

Children

Average

The Student Who Invades An Administration Building, Roughs Up A Dean, Rifles The Files And Issues 'non-negotiable Demands' May Have Some Of His Demands Met By A Permissive University Administration. But The Greater His 'victory' The More He Will Have Undermined The Security Of His Own Rights.

Men

Rights

Issues

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

Defeat Doesn't Finish A Man, Quit Does. A Man Is Not Finished When He's Defeated. He's Finished When He Quits.

Failure

Men

Presidential

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

Let Us Move From The Era Of Confrontation To The Era Of Negotiation.

Moving

Eras

Conflict

Nothing Matters More To The Future Of This Nation Than Insuring That Our Young Men And Women Learn To Believe In Themselves And Believe In Their Dreams, And That They Develop This Capacitythat You Develop This Capacity, So That You Keep It All Of Your Lives. I Believe One Of Americas Most Priceless Assets Is The Idealism Which Motivates The Young People Of America. My Generation Has Invested All That It Has, Not Only Its Love But Its Hope And Faith, In Yours.

Love

Dream

Believe

I Also Believe That Academic Freedom Should Protect The Right Of A Professor Or Student To Advocate Marxism, Socialism, Communism, Or Any Other Minority Viewpoint - No Matter How Distasteful To The Majority, Provided...

Believe

Academic Freedom

Viewpoints

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

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

Enemy

Concerned

Presses

I Believe In Building Bridges, But We Should Only Build Our End Of The Bridge.

Believe

Bridges

Building

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.

Christian

War

Pride

Solutions Are Not The Answer.

Funny

Stupid

Dumb

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

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

Debate

Let Me

Loses

No Failure Is Final Unless You Ratify It.

Finals

No Failure

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

Responsibility

Three

Speak

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

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

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

We Can No Longer Afford To Consider Air And Water Common Property, Free To Be Abused By Anyone Without Regard To The Consequences. Instead, We Should Begin Now To Treat Them As Scarce Resources, Which We Are No More Free To Contaminate Than We Are Free To Throw Garbage Into Our Neighbor's Yard.

Air

Water

Environmental

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

Growing Up

Want

Honest

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

I Can

Television In Its Present Form...[is] The Opiate Of The People Of The United States.

People

United States

Opiates

When I Am The Candidate, I Run The Campaign.

Running

Campaigns

Candidates

Mr. Stevenson Has A Degree Alright-a Phd From The Acheson College Of Cowardly Communist Containment.

War

College

Degrees

To The Ordinary Guy, All This Is A Bunch Of Gobbledygook. But Out Of The Gobbledygook Comes A Very Clear Thing: You Can't Trust The Government, You Can't Believe What They Say, And You Can't Rely On Their Judgment.

Believe

Government

Guy

My View Is That One Should Not Break Up A Winning Combination.

Break Up

Winning

Views

Let Me Just Say This, And I Want To Say This To The Televison Audience: I Made My Mistakes, But In All Of My Years Of Public Life, I Have Never Profited, Never Profited From Public Service

Mistake

Years

Want

To A Crisis Of The Spirit, We Need An Answer Of The Spirit. To Find That Answer, We Need Only Look Within Ourselves. When We Listen To The Better Angels Of Our Nature, We Find That They Celebrate The Simple Things, The Basic Things--such As Goodness, Decency, Love, Kindness. Greatness Comes In Simple Trappings.

Kindness

Angel

Simple

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

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

Friendship

Soul

Speak

I Don't Give A Damn About The Civilians.

Giving

Politics

Damn

The Jewish Cabal Is Out To Get Me.

Cabal

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

Any Nation That Decides The Only Way To Achieve Peace Is Through Peaceful Means Is A Nation That Will Soon Be A Piece Of Another Nation.

Peace

Mean

Pieces

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

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

The Recent Upsurge Of Public Concern Over Environmental Questions Reflects A Belated Recognition That Man Has Been Too Cavalier In His Relations With Nature. Unless We Arrest The Depredations That Have Been Inflicted So Carelessly On Our Natural Systems-which Exist In An Intricate Set Of Balances-we Face The Prospect Of Ecological Disaster.

Men

Balance

Faces

Don't Get The Impression That You Arouse My Anger. You See, One Can Only Be Angry With Those He Respects.

Anger

Impression

Angry

But Above All, What This Congress Can Be Remembered For Is Opening The Way To A New American Revolutiona Peaceful Revolution In Which Power Was Turned Back To The Peoplein Which Government At All Levels Was Refreshed And Renewed And Made Truly Responsive. This Can Be A Revolution As Profound, As Far-reaching, As Exciting As That First Revolution Almost 200 Years Agoand It Can Mean That Just 5 Years From Now America Will Enter Its Third Century As A Young Nation New In Spirit, With All The Vigor And The Freshness With Which It Began Its First Century.

Peace

Mean

America

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

Listen, I Don't Know Anything About Polygraphs And I Don't Know How Accurate They Are, But I Know They'll Scare The Hell Out Of People.

Science

People

Scare

Our Youth Can Not Understand Why Society Chooses To Criminalize A Behavior With So Little Visible Ill Effect Or Adverse Social Impact... These Young People Have Jumped The Fence And Found No Cliff. And The Disrespect For The Possession Laws Fosters A Disrespect For Laws And The System In General... On Top Of This Is The Distinct Impression Among The Youth That Some Police May Use The Marihuana Laws To Arrest People They Don't Like For Other Reasons, Whether It Be Their Politics, Their Hair Style Or Their Ethnic Background.

Marijuana

Impact

Hair

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

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

In Our Own Lives, Let Each Of Us Ask — Not Just What Will Government Do For Me, But What Can I Do For Myself? In The Challenges We Face Together, Let Each Of Us Ask —not Just How Can Government Help, But How Can I Help?

Government

I Always Remember That Whatever I Have Done In The Past Or May Do In The Future, Duke University Is Responsible In One Way Or Another.

Past

Done

May

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

Lyndon Johnson Rose Above The Doubt And Fear To Hold This Nation On Course Until We Rediscovered Our Faith In Ourselves.

Rose

Doubt

Johnson

Politics Would Be A Helluva Good Business If It Weren't For The Goddamned People.

Funny

Business

People

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

Real

Wells

Make Sure You Pay Your Taxes; Otherwise You Can Get In A Lot Of Trouble.

Pay

Trouble

Taxes

Black Americans, No More Than White Americans, They Do Not Want More Government Programs Which Perpetuate Dependency. They Don't Want To Be A Colony In A Nation.

Government

White

Black

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 Often Thought That If There Had Been A Good Rap Group Around In Those Days, I Might Have Chosen A Career In Music Instead Of Politics.

Rap

Careers

Groups

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

Dirty

Naughty

Views

The True Idealist Pursues What His Heart Says Is Right In A Way That His Head Says Will Work.

Positive

Work

Heart

Scrubbing Floors And Emptying Bedpans Has As Much Dignity As The Presidency.

Politics

Dignity

Presidency

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

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

The Man Of Thought Who Will Not Act Is Ineffective; The Man Of Action Who Will Not Think Is Dangerous.

Men

Thinking

Action

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

Funny

Weed

Marijuana

I Played By The Rules Of Politics As I Found Them.

Politics

Politician

Found

We Believe That Part Of The Answer Lies In Pricing Energy On The Basis Of Its Full Costs To Society. One Reason We Use Energy So Lavishly Today Is That The Price Of Energy Does Not Include All Of The Social Costs Of Producing It. The Costs Incurred In Protecting The Environment And The Health And Safety Of Workers, For Example, Are Part Of The Real Costs Of Producing Energy-but They Are Not Now All Included In The Price Of The Product.

Lying

Real

Believe

I Have The Greatest Affection For Them But I Know They're Not Going To Make It For 500 Years. They Aren't. You Know It, Too. The Mexicans Are A Different Cup Of Tea. They Have A Heritage. At The Present Time They Steal, They're Dishonest, But They Do Have Some Concept Of Family Life. They Don't Live Like A Bunch Of Dogs, Which The Negroes Do Live Like.

Dog

Years

Tea

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

The Developing Coherence Of Asian Regional Thinking Is Reflected In A Disposition To Consider Problems And Loyalties In Regional Terms, And To Evolve Regional Approaches To Development Needs And To The Evolution Of A New World Order.

Loyalty

Thinking

Nwo

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

Peace

War

Doe

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

Bridges

White

America

We Are Not Spending The Federal Government's Money, We Are Spending The Taxpayer's Money, And It Must Be Spent N A Way Which Guarantees His Money's Worth And Yields The Fullest Possible Benefit To The People Being Helped.

Yield

Government

People

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

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

History

Winner

Beats

We Must Never Forget That If The War In Vietnam Is Lost ... The Right Of Free Speech Will Be Extinguished Throughout The World.

War

Vietnam

World

We Are Committed To Cleaning Up The Air And Cleaning Up The Water. But We Also Are Committed To A Strong Economy, And We Are Not Going To Allow The Environmental Issue To Be Used Sometimes Falsely And Sometimes In A Demagogic Way Basically To Destroy The System-the Industrial System That Made This The Great Country It Is.

Country

Strong

Air

I Have Impeached Myself By Resigning.

Failure

Political

Politics

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

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

Military

Nobody Is A Friend Of Ours. Let's Face It.

Politics

Faces

Politician

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

They Say, "gee, You Look Great." That Means They Thought You Looked Like Hell Before.

Mean

Looks

Hell

When The President Does It, That Means That It's Not Illegal.

Silly

Mean

Political

With All Our Differences, Whenever We Are Confronted With A Threat To Our Security We Are Not Then Republicans Or Democrats But Americans; We Are Not Then The Fifty States But The United States.

Differences

United States

Fifty

It Is In That Spirit, The Spirit Of '76, That I Ask You To Rise And Join Me In A Toast To Chairman Mao, To Premier Chou, To The People Of Our Two Countries, And To The Hope Of Our Children That Peace And Harmony Can Be The Legacy Of Our Generation To Theirs.

Country

Children

War

The Jawbone Of An Ass Is Just As Dangerous A Weapon Today As In Sampson's Time.

Weapons

Today

Ass

[peter] Drucker Says That Modern Government Can Do Only Two Things Well: Wage War And Inflate The Currency. Its The Aim Of My Administration To Prove Mr Drucker Wrong.

War

Government

Two

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

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

Giving

Discouraged

Great Presidents

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

Jesus This Song You Wrote The Words Are Sticking In My Throat Peace On Earth Hear It Every Christmas Time But Hope And History Won't Rhyme So What's It Worth? This Peace On Earth

Song

Jesus

Peace

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

Yes, I Wish I'd Done It Sooner.

War

Wish

Done

The Presidency Has Many Problems, But Boredom Is The Least Of Them.

Blessing

Boredom

Problem

Once Genius Is Submerged By Bureaucracy, A Nation Is Doomed To Mediocrity.

Genius

Mediocrity

Politics

When I Spoke At The St. Lawrence Seaway Ceremonies In 1969, I Borrowed Some Words From The Monument There Which I Had Joined Queen Elizabeth In Dedicating Just 10 Years Before. That Monument, As Its Inscription Puts It, 'bears Witness To The Common Purpose Of Two Nations Whose Frontiers Are The Frontiers Of Friendship, Whose Ways Are The Ways Of Freedom, Whose Works Are The Works Of Peace'.

Queens

Two

Common Purpose

We Don't Owe The Blacks A Damn Thing, Anyway.

Damn

Damn Things

Those Who Hate Us Only Win If We Hate Them Back

Hate

Winning

Ifs

The Only Place You And I Disagree Is With Regard To The Bombing. You're So Goddamned Concerned About The Civilians, And I (in Contrast) Don't Give A Damn. I Don't Care.". . . "i'd Rather Use The Nuclear Bomb. . . Does That Bother You? I Just Want You To Think Big.

War

Thinking

Giving

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

Mean

Opportunity

Government

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

The Answer To Many Of The Domestic Problems We Face Is Not Higher Taxes And More Spending. It Is Less Waste, More Results And Greater Freedom For The Individual American To Earn A Rightful Place In His Own Community - And For States And Localities To Address Their Own Needs In Their Own Ways, In The Light Of Their Own Priorities.

Light

Community

Priorities

A Public Man Must Never Forget That He Loses His Usefulness When He As An Individual, Rather Than His Policy, Becomes The Issue.

Men

Issues

Never Forget

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

Well, I'm Not A Crook.

Crooks

Wells

To Me, The Most Unhappy People In The World Are The People ... In Palm Beach- Going To Parties Every Night. Playing Golf Every Afternoon, Then Bridge. [they Have] No Purpose.

Beach

Party

Golf

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

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

Voters Quickly Forget What A Man Says.

Men

Voters

Forget

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

People

Pay

Causes

If You Want To Make Beautiful Music, You Must Play The Black And The White Notes Together.

Music

Beautiful

Equality

We Have Been Through, Over These Years, Some Difficult Times. During The Period That I Have Served As President Of The United States, We Have Been Through Some Difficult Times Together, And I Can Only Say That The Friendship That We Have For This Nation, The Respect And The Admiration We Have For The People Of This Nation, Their Courage, Their Tenacity, Their Firmness In The Face Of Very Great Odds, Is One That Makes Us Proud To Stand With Israel, As We Have In The Past In Times Of Trouble, And Now To Work With Israel In A Better Time, A Time That We Trust Will Be A Time Of Peace.

Past

Odds

Israel

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

I Don't Know A Lot About Politics, But I Know A Lot About Baseball.

Baseball

Knows

At Home, We Must Reject The Mistaken Notion - A Notion That Has Dominated Too Much Of The Public Dialogue For Too Long - That Ever Bigger Government Is The Answer To Every Problem.

Home

Government

Long

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.

Judgment

Being The Best

Made

I Wish I Could Give You A Lot Of Advice, Based On My Experience Of Winning Political Debates. But I Don't Have That Experience. My Only Experience Is At Losing Them.

Winning

Giving

Political

... Member Countries Shall Take Necessary Action And/or Shall Establish Negotiations, Individually Or In Groups, With The Oil Companies With A View To Adopting Ways And Means To Offset Any Adverse Effects On The Per Barrel Real Income Of Member Countries Resulting From The International Monetary Developments As Of 15th August 1971.

Country

Real

Mean

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

Interesting

Political

Dull

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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