Richard Nixon Quotes: Famous Sayings By Former US President On His 23rd Death Anniversary

Saturday, April 22, is the 23rd death anniversary of former President Richard Nixon. He died at the age of 81 after suffering a severe stroke at his New Jersey home.

In 1947, Nixon’s political career started after he was elected to the House of Representatives. He became the 37th president of the U.S. in 1969. During his term in the White House, Nixon ended American fighting in Vietnam and fortified ties with the U.S.S.R. and China.

However, Nixon’s was hit by the infamous Watergate scandal in the early 1970s due to which he had to step down. He remains the only president in the U.S. so far, to have done that.

Check out some of Nixon’s quotes gathered from Brainy Quote and AZ Quotes:

“Voters quickly forget what a man says.”

“The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.”

“People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.”

“You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.”

“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”

“What was Watergate? A little bugging!”

“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”

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

“What a strange creature man is that he fouls his own nest.”

“Publicly, we say one thing....Actually, we do another.”

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

“You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I would have made a good pope.”