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. "

"I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. "

"Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. "

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. "