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"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy."
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"It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that we are one."

"They weren't impatient for the boys to turn into cartoons again. They awarded sympathy, gave compassion. Because deep down they had found parts of themselves in the characters. You said it George."

"I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one."

"California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?"

"It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy."

"Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!"

"More negatives write than call. It's a cheap shot for me to go on the air with the critical letters or E-mail I get because the reaction of the listeners is always an instantaneous expression of sympathy for me and contempt for the poor critic."

"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for."
Explore more quotes by Richard M. Nixon

"The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man."

"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow."

"If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?"

"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

"The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press."

"Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible."

"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."

"Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs."

"It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality."
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