Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

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.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

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.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

People react to fear, not love they don’t teach that in Sunday School, but it’s true.

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.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

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