Richard Nixon actually said...

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

Only the President can hold out a vision of the future and rally the people behind it.

Why do you seek the office? With all the troubles that we have, why would anyone want to be President today?

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