Oceania Some VERY funny Richard Nixon quotes :)

I took these from the back of an issue of TIME. These are things he actually said:

quote:
I'd rather use the nuclear bomb...Does that bother you? I just want to think big...You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians.

quote:
It's a funny thing: every one of the bastards that are out there for legalizing marijuana is jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews? ...I suppose it's because most of them are psychiatrists.

quote:
The point I make is that, goddammit, I do not think that you glorify on public TV homosexuality...You know what happenned to the Greeks? Homosexuality destroyed them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo, we all know that. So was Socrates...The last six Roman emperors were fags.

 

Who's Richard Nixon?







This is why I think we need an apprenticeship scheme for newbies!

 

No way. No one is that dumb... or are they?

 

"I am not a crook"

 

I dunno, have you seen "Dick"?


Actually, the scenes ripping off Woodward and Bernstein were the funniest parts (Okay, it was actually ripping off the movie All The Presidents Men, but same thing...)

 

Yes, it waas a good movie i thought. The chocolate brownies...

 

While we are on the topic of presidential quotes, here are some from President Bush!

More and more of our imports come from overseas.

I do know I'm ready for the job. And if I'm not, that's just the way it goes.

I appreciate preservation...you've gotta preserve. (In a school address during PERSEVERANCE month).

I understand small business growth. I was one.

They misunderestimated me.

There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say "I don't want you to let me down again".

Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are fantastic pictures.

I dont read what's handed to me.

We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers, and the great country America will be the pacemakers.

The government is not the surplus' money, Vice President.

100% of people will get the death tax if I'm president.

The legislature's job is to write law, and the executives job to interpret law.

The fact that he relies on facts, things that aren't factual, are going to undermine his campaign.

The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case

Is our children learning?

There ought to be limits to freedom.

That all depends on what the definition of the word 'it' is.

The very act of spending money can be expensive.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.

Actually, I - this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about - when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.

It's your money. You paid for it.

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions; I can't answer your question.

I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.

One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected.

 

Redneck

 

^ Yeah...but you have to admit, they are dammed funny!

And it would probably explain Bush's foreign policy blunders!

 

Charming. Just charming.

 

Nothing beats these:


"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
George W. Bush, Jr.

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Welcome to Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit...Mars is somewhat the same
distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there
are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 8/11/94

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/15/95

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 5/22/98

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that
one word is 'to be prepared'."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 12/6/93

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 11/30/96

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgements in the future."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"The future will be better tomorrow."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/21/97

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr. to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Public speaking is very easy."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr. to reporters in 10/9

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican"
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct & simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.
George W. Bush, Jr.

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 5/20/96

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/22/97

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/5/93

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr., 9/18/95

"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that George Bush may or may not make."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

 

I'm not sure if it was Brezhnev or Kruschev that said this but
"In five years we will overtake the decadent westerners who are now standing on the edge of a large precipice"

fish, shotgun, barrel