"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore. Because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." 1962 after losing race for Governor of California.
"This is the greatest week in the history of the world since the Creation, because as a result of what happened in this week, the world is bigger, infinitely." (concerning the Apollo Moon landing)
" I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well I'm not a crook." November 17, 1973 Televised press conference at Disney World, Florida.
"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal." (explaining his interpretation of Executive Privilege)
"Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?"
"I don't know a lot about politics, but I do know a lot about baseball."
"Solutions are not the answer."
"I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes."
"I don't give a shit what happens. I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up or anything else, if it'll save it, save this plan. That's the whole point. We're going to protect our people if we can." (to Haldemann, tapes ordered released for the trial of Haldeman[?], Ehrlichman[?] and Mitchell)
"I recognize that this additional material I am now furnishing may further damage my case," (after the ordered release of the White House tapes August 5, 1974)
"Sock it to me?" (said by Nixon on the television comedy series Laugh-In)
For an interesting discussion of Richard Nixon, see the chapter, "The Birth of Culture', pages 257-289, Cultural Selection: Why Some Achievements Survive the Test of Time - And Others Don't, Gary Taylor, Basic Books, hardcover, 325 pages, ISBN 0465044883
Lambercier's,
that moment my mind was vitiated. Accustomed to live on terms of perfect
dish I was not to partake of, or be sensible of a desire I might not
transition!--at my master's I was scarce allowed to speak, was forced.
On
wordlookup.net
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
It uses material from the wikipedia.
