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Richard Nixon

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born

January 09, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California, The United States

died

April 22, 1994

gender

male

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. During the Second World War, he served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific, before being elected to the Congress, and then serving as the 36th Vice President of the United States in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. After an unsuccessful presidential run in 1960, Nixon was elected in 1968, and re-elected to a second term in 1972.

Under President Nixon, the United States followed a foreign policy marked by détente with the Soviet Union and by the opening of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Nixon successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam, effectively ending the longest war in American...more

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Books by Richard Nixon

Average rating: 3.66 · 564 ratings · 66 reviews · 34 distinct works

	RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon 3.59 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions	My rating:
	In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal 3.64 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Six Crises 3.69 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Leaders 3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Beyond Peace 3.40 avg rating — 47 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	No More Vietnams 3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Real War 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions	My rating:
	1999: Victory Without War 3.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Presidential Transcripts 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Federal and state laws (should) be changed to no longer make it a crime to possess marijuana for private use.”
― Richard Nixon

tags: drug-laws , drugs , law , marijuana , prohibition

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“If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.”
― Richard Nixon

tags: analogy , harmony , integration , music

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“The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.”
― Richard Nixon

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The History Book ...: * #37 (US) RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON (PRESIDENT) 1969 - 1974	87	120	May 02, 2012 06:13am