Richard Nixon/presidency 1969-74

Famous quotes containing the words richard, nixon and/or presidency:

    “Stay on the beach. The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men.”
    —Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)

    “Always remember, others may hate you. Those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
    —Richard M. Nixon (1913–1992)

    “Some of the offers that have come to me would never have come if I had not been President. That means these people are trying to hire not Calvin Coolidge, but a former President of the United States. I can’t make that kind of use of the office.... I can’t do anything that might take away from the Presidency any of its dignity, or any of the faith people have in it.”
    —Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)