"My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it."

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"My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it."

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

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"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."

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"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together."

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"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."

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"I let the American people down."

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"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

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"Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support."

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"I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say."

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

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

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Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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George Woodcock, Canadian Writer

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"I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision."

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"It is only in our decisions that we are important."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction."

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"This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue."

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Politician

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