Richard M. Nixon Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• Nothing would please the Kremlin more than to have the people of this country choose a second rate president.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Country, People, Political

• When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when the richest nation in the world can't manage its own economy, when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law is plagued by unprecedented lawlessness, and when the President of the United States cannot travel abroad or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration - then it's time for new leadership for the United States of America.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Leadership, War, Home

• There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Speech, Politician

  "The Christian Science Monitor", p. 6, September 15, 1955.

• For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Funny, Moon, Years

• Nobody is a friend of ours. Let's face it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Politics, Faces, Politician

• The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Politics, Down And, Politician

• The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Interesting, Political, Dull

• I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Politics, Politician, Found

• The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Loss, Half, Speech

• Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Thinking, Missing, Gentleman

  After losing the election for Governor of California, 5 November 1962, in 'New York Times' 8 November 1962, p. 8

• A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Enemy, Allies, Politician

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.716, Best Books on

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