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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 25, 1973

I think Mr. Brezhnev probably can't quite understand how the President of the United States wouldn't be able to handle the Watergate problems.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 11, 1973

And above all, he is a man who, if the responsibilities of the great office that I hold should fall upon him, as has been the case with eight Vice Presidents in our history, we could all say, the leadership of America is in good hands.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 3, 1972

As long as I am President, I will never let America become the second strongest nation in the world.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1972

I have pledged to hold the line on taxes in 1973 and throughout my second term as President, assuming cooperation from the Congress.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 22, 1972

The campaigning that I can do this year is somewhat limited, due to the rather extraordinary requirements of the office of the Presidency at this time.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Apr 12, 1972

The first official visitor who came to the United States after I was inaugurated as President of the United States was the Prime Minister.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Dec 14, 1966

As your President, I struggle with these problems every waking moment of every day.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Nov 9, 1966

So while we were disappointed to see some of our friends lose, I can't think a President should be too unhappy after he has had the results that we have had in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1966

Thomas Jefferson called his days in the Presidency \a splendid misery\"--and sometimes I agree.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· May 16, 1966

When the burdens of the Presidency seemed unusually heavy, I always remind myself that it could be worse.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· May 9, 1966

I reviewed with them some of my views on Vietnam from the day I took over the Presidency: on education, health, agriculture, the economy of South Vietnam, my Baltimore speech, the Honolulu Conference, our desire to get the Government of South Vietnam.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 28, 1966

You have my pledge that the Internal Revenue Service, as long as I am President, is going to be a blue ribbon organization.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 1, 1965

I regret that the most colorful sight in the Rose Garden this morning is my sunburn.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 13, 1964

As long as I hold it, I will keep the office of President always close to all the people.

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