Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
Quotations by Richard M. Nixon

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• The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up. Richard M. Nixon
• I played by the rules of politics as I found them. Richard M. Nixon
• I am not a crook. Richard M. Nixon
• I seriously doubt if we will ever have another war. This is probably the very last one. Richard M. Nixon
• It is not enough just to be for peace. The point is, what can we do about it? Richard M. Nixon
• Nobody is a friend of ours. Let’s face it. Richard M. Nixon
• The sky is no longer the limit. Richard M. Nixon
• When I am the candidate, I run the campaign. Richard M. Nixon
• When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal. Richard M. Nixon
• Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation. Richard M. Nixon