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"Politicians look for interests not people."

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."
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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."

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

"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."

"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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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