There are some people, you know, they think the way to be a big man is to shout and stomp and raise hell-and then nothing ever really happens. I'm not like that I never shoot blanks.
Richard M. NixonBlack Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation.
Richard M. NixonGovernment can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.
Richard M. Nixon