Richard Nixon Quotes
If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.
Nixon, Richard. "Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia." 30 Apr. 1970. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971, p. 409.
Warning Donald Trump and his administration of the consequences of the United States that withdrawing from many of the major world issues would result in other nations replacing the US as world leaders on these issues.
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, he became the only president to resign from the office, following the Watergate scandal.