Richard M. Nixon

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#blanks #ever #happens #i #know

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#defeat #develop #got #learn #survive

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#better things #blown #by the time #come #dressed

Castro couldn't even go to the bathroom unless the Soviet Union put the nickel in the toilet. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#castro #even #go #nickel #put

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#any #change #control #destiny #direction

I let the American people down. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#american people #down #i #people

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#cynical #dirty #i #politics #reject

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#accused #being #described #did #free

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#conduct #hair #his #length #person

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#floors #much #presidency #scrubbing