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Richard Nixon Articles

• In Blago's Defiance, Echoes of an Idol, Richard Nixon
  Dec. 19, 2008 | By Eric Ferkenhoff / Chicago and Howard Chua-Eoan
  The embattled Illinois governor comes out swinging, much like one of his idols: Richard Nixon
• William Safire
  Oct. 12, 2009 | By PEGGY NOONAN
  As a speechwriter, he made Spiro Agnew sound fizzy--"nattering nabobs of negativism" was his alliterative classic--and helped Richard Nixon explain his policies. (He later explained Nixon himself in a historically rich memoir, Before the Fall.) William Safire, who died Sept. 27 at 79, was not just a fighter--he was a champ. He had brio, savvy ...
• Verbatim
  Dec. 15, 2008
  'Never forget: The press is the enemy. The Establishment is the enemy. The professors are the enemy.' RICHARD NIXON, talking to National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger in 1972 in a taped Oval Office conversation released for the first time by the Nixon Library 'We are not prepared to sign a suicide agreement that causes small ...
• The Skimmer
  Sep. 14, 2009 | By Randy James
  The Death of Conservatism By Sam Tanenhaus; Random House; 123 pages Burke. Buckley. Limbaugh? Modern conservatism has decayed from the positive, pragmatic force its founders envisioned into a bitter resistance movement that's given up on fresh ideas, argues Sam Tanenhaus, editor of the New York Times Book Review. While Richard Nixon backed national health insurance ...
• Verbatim
  Jul. 6, 2009
  'Every single Iranian is valuable. The government is at everyone's service. We like everyone.' MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iranian President, who had previously likened protesters in Tehran to "dirt and dust" 'There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape.' RICHARD NIXON, reacting to ...

Richard Nixon Blog Posts

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  May. 4, 2009
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  The Speed of Obama
  Jul. 10, 2008
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  Ping Pong Diplomacy Rematch
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  Bring Back Washington's Birthday
  Feb. 18, 2008

Richard Nixon Photo Essays & Graphics

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  Presidents and Their Dogs

  The Obamas select a Portuguese water dog to join them in the White House, continuing a long tradition of Presidential first dogs
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  TIME Covers Watergate

  A look back at the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Videos

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  Men of the Year '72: Nixon & Kissinger

  In 1972, Henry Kissinger was the national security assistant to President Nixon, and both were named TIME Men of the Year. Kissinger explains why he was
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  Persons of the Year 1972: Nixon And Kissinger

  In 1972, Henry Kissinger was the national security assistant to President Nixon, and both were named TIME Men of the Year. Kissinger explains why he was

Richard Nixon TIME Covers

• Nov 15, 1968
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• May 02, 1994
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• Sep 16, 1974
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