Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.

— Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon Quotes

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

The sky is no longer the limit.

— Richard M. Nixon

Your mind must always go, even while you’re shaking hands and going through all the maneuvers. I developed the ability long ago to do one thing while thinking about another.

— Richard M. Nixon

Television is to news as bumperstickers are to philosophy.

— Richard M. Nixon

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen.

— Richard M. Nixon

I don’t know a lot about politics, but I know a lot about baseball.

— Richard M. Nixon

The only way to achieve a practical, livable peace in a world of competing nations is to take the profit out of war.

— Richard M. Nixon

The three most difficult words to speak are, “I was wrong.”

— Richard M. Nixon

The bastards have never been bombed like they’re going to be bombed this time.

— Richard M. Nixon

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

— Richard M. Nixon

In his heart everyone knows that the only people who get rich from the “get rich quick” books are those who write them.

— Richard M. Nixon

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

Peace is the real and right memorial for those who have died in war.

— Richard M. Nixon

Don’t try to take on a new personality; it doesn’t work.

— Richard M. Nixon

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

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...

— Richard M. Nixon

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.

— Richard M. Nixon

God, of course, is the greatest philosopher of all.

— Richard M. Nixon

I’m not a crook. I’ve earned everything I’ve got.

— Richard M. Nixon
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