The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

Failure isn't falling down. Failure is not getting up after you have fallen down.

Solutions are not the answer.

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

We seek friendly relations with all nations. Any nation can be our friend without being any other nation's enemy.

My strong point is not rhetoric , it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises - those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.

Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to all our lives.