Richard Nixon actually said...

In speaking to all of you here this morning, I think you should know how this little gathering was set up.

Remarks at a Reception for Campaign Workers

01/20/1969

More Richard Nixon Quotes

The lamps of enlightenment are lit by the spark of controversy; their flame can be snuffed out by the blanket of consensus.

The days of a passive Presidency belong to a simpler past.

The judgments of history can bestow no honor greater than the title of peacemaker.

The next President must take an activist view of his office.