Political Quotes

“our Nation lost one of its most talented, interesting, controversial, and successful Presidents ever when President Richard Nixon died on April 22. As a new Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1947, he quickly established himself as a very bright and hard-working Congressman. And after only 2 years as a U.S. Senator, in 1952, he was selected by Dwight D. Eisenhower as his Vice Presidential running mate. His faithful and impressive service to President Eisenhower, and to the country, as Vice President earned him the Republican Presidential nomination in 1960. The loss of that election and the campaign for Governor of California 2 years later would have been enough to make most of us abandon any further political ambitions, but he persevered. That perseverance served Richard Nixon well on other occasions and enabled him to overcome serious setbacks and defeats during his career. In his book, ``In the Arena,'' he said: ``* * * you should never be discouraged by failure. Failure can be sad. But the greatest sadness is not to try and fail, but to fail to try at all.''”