He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

—Richard M. Nixon

People go through that psychological bit nowadays. They think they should always be reevaluated themselves. I fight the battles as they come along. That sort of juvenile self-analysis is something I've never done.

—Richard M. Nixon

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

—Richard M. Nixon

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

—Richard M. Nixon

Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

—Richard M. Nixon

The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.

—Richard M. Nixon

I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

—Nikita Khrushchev

If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed.

—Jay Leno

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

—Douglas Adams