Richard Nixon actually said...

I find that getting away from the White House, from the Oval Office, from that 100 yards that one walks every day from the President's bedroom to the President's Office or the extra 50 yards across to the EOB, getting away gives a sense of perspective which is very, very useful.

Context

Remarks on Plans for the Second Term.

11/26/1972

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