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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.

-Richard M. Nixon

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Millions Who Endure Poverty And Bad Government Can Now Know What They Are Missing. To See How The Other Half Lives All They Have To Do Is Switch On Their Television Sets.

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