Solomon Burke Quotes

So far as I'm concerned, Ronald Reagan was the best president. Nixon was the worst. Some of his policies were okay, but he disgraced the office.

I’m not criticizing Richard Nixon except to say that he’s a conservative.

Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had.

Nixon probably was a nice guy.

I'm old enough to remember Richard Nixon. They called it the imperial presidency when he was refusing to spend money that Congress had appropriated.

I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day, the definition of a conservative right-wing president is more like a centrist in our own time. He's also one of our funnier presidents - just a really good character to write about.

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.

Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.

I can't stand that Richard Nixon fellow.

You roll back the stones and you find the slithering things of the world of Richard Nixon.

Nixon railed against the CIA and their lousy intelligence.

As a European from a different, younger generation, the trauma that was Nixon's presidency never really had a hold over me. For one thing, I never voted for him.

Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny - and yes, a good man.

Nixon officials foreshadowed both the historic distinction and seamy underside of the presidency.

I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.

Eisenhower was quite supportive of Kennedy and Johnson in terms of foreign policy.

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

One right decision doth not a great president make.

Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.

Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history.

How different our national perspective would be had Johnson, rather than Nixon, served from 1969 to 1973.

Richard Nixon as a 12-year-old was given a portrait of Lincoln that he hung over his bed. Nixon also justified what would later be seen as abuses of power by comparing America in the Vietnam era to the country during the Civil War.

The death of JFK to the resignation of Richard Nixon marked a great turning point in American life.

The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.

President Nixon has lost his effectiveness as the leader of this country, primarily because he has lost the confidence of the people.