Richard M. Nixon

“I am not a crook.”

“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”

“You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore.”

“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.”

“Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.”

“The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.”

“Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.”

“The press is the enemy.”

“I have never been a quitter.”

“Only if you have been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.”

“We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another.”

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

“This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation.”

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

“Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.”

“My strong point is not rhetoric, it isn't showmanship, it is organization.”

“The ability to be cool, confident, and decisive in crisis is not an inherited characteristic but is the direct result of how well the individual has prepared himself for the battle.”

“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth, to see it like it is, and tell it like it is.”

“I would have made a good pope.”