The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Too kind, too kind.
On the Order of Merit being brought to her at her home, 5 December 1907; in E. Cook ‘The Life of Florence
Nightingale’ (1913) vol. 2, pt. 7, ch. 9
2.30 Richard Milhous Nixon 1913—
You won’t have Nixon to kick around any more because, gentlemen, this is my last press
conference.
After losing the election for Governor of California, 5 November 1962, in ‘New York Times’ 8 November
1962, p. 8
It is time for the great silent majority of Americans to stand up and be counted.
Election speech, October 1970
There can be no whitewash at the White House.
Television speech on Watergate, 30 April 1973, in ‘New York Times’ 1 May 1973, p. 31
I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited
from public service. I’ve earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never
obstructed justice...I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether
or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.
Speech at press conference, 17 November 1973, in ‘New York Times’ 18 November 1973, p. 62
This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.
Farewell address at White House, 9 August 1974, cited in ‘New York Times’ 10 August 1974, p. 4
When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
In David Frost ‘I Gave Them a Sword’ (1978) ch. 8
I brought myself down. I gave them a sword. And they stuck it in.
Television interview, 19 May 1977, in David Frost ‘I Gave Them a Sword’ (1978) ch. 10
2.31 Thomas Noel 1799-1861
Rattle his bones over the stones;
He’s only a pauper, whom nobody owns!
‘The Pauper’s Drive’ (1841)
2.32 Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk 1746-1815
I cannot be a good Catholic; I cannot go to heaven; and if a man is to go to the devil, he may as
well go thither from the House of Lords as from any other place on earth.
In Henry Best ‘Personal and Literary Memorials’ (1829) ch. 18
2.33 Frank Norman 1931—and Lionel Bart 1930—
Fings ain’t wot they used t’be.
Title of musical (1959).
2.34 Christopher North (Professor John Wilson) 1785-1854
Minds like ours, my dear James, must always be above national prejudices, and in all