Richard M. Nixon Quotes on War & Peace (12 Quotes)

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.

A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes with healing in its wings with compassion for those who have suffered with understanding for those who have opposed us with the opportunity for all the peoples

The communists have lost the cold war, but the west has not yet won it.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision -- whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

I ask for your support for our brave men fighting tonight halfway around the world, not for territory, not for glory, but that their younger brothers and their sons and your sons can have a chance to grow up in a world of peace and freedom and justic

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout the world.