I want to say this to the television
audience I made my mistakes but in all
of my years of public life I have never
profited never profited from public
service he was the first American
president to resign from the job welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the life and
accomplishments of Richard Nixon people
have got to know whether or not their
presidents a crook well I’m not a crook
I earned everything I’ve got Richard
Milhous Nixon was born January 9th 1913
in Yorba Linda California during his
modest and conservative Quaker
upbringing he became a skilled debater
he won a scholarship to the Duke
University School of Law and graduated
in 1937 after attempting to join the FBI
Nixon practice law in Whittier
California in 1938 he met Pat Ryan and
they married two years later Pat doesn’t
have a mink coat but she does have a
respectable Republican cloth coat and I
always tell her that she’d look good in
anything
in 1942 Nixon enrolled in the US Navy
after serving in the Pacific Theater of
World War two and rising to lieutenant
commander he returned to civilian life
in 1946 Nixon and his family then moved
back to Whittier where he ran as a
Republican for Congress he won and two
years later he was easily re-elected
during his congressional term he rose to
national prominence as a member of the
House and American Activities Committee
when he proved instrumental in breaking
a prominent Soviet spy case at the end
of 1949 Nixon ran for the United States
Senate during this campaign he was given
his enduring nickname tricky dick in
1952
Dwight D Eisenhower chose the 39
year-old senator as his vice
presidential candidate scandal hit when
Nixon was accused of maintaining a slush
fund of contributions Nixon defended
himself to 60 million Americans with a
televised address on September 23rd 1952
black and white spotted an our little
girl Trisha the six-year-old
named it checkers and you know the kids
like all kids love the dog and I just
want to say this right now that
regardless of what they say about it
we’re going to keep the public responded
favorably to the checkers speech and the
Eisenhower Nixon ticket won the election
that year during his two terms as
vice-president Nixon managed important
foreign and domestic issues
he also made high-profile journeys
overseas one example was his visit to
the Soviet Union where he spontaneously
debated Nikita Khrushchev on the merits
of capitalism versus communism in 1960
Nixon ran for president against Democrat
John F Kennedy the unprecedented series
of televised debates was a turning point
in the campaign
Nixon’s physical appearance compared to
Kennedy’s was sickly and this helped
lead to his narrow defeat in the
election Nixon then returned to
California to write in 1962 he ran for
state governor and his law signaled to
many the end of his political career he
did not run for president in 1964 and
Lyndon Johnson humiliated the
Republicans at the polls despite
everything Nixon remained a GOP star and
in 1968 he made another run at the
presidency with Johnson’s withdrawal the
ongoing Vietnam War and the
assassination of Starr Democrat Robert F
Kennedy it was a turbulent time this is
the first time in the history of this
country that a presidential candidate
could honestly come before an American
audience and say that respect for the
United States around the world is in
jeopardy the Republicans capitalized on
this and on November 5th 1968 Richard
Nixon was elected the 37th President of
the United States having lost a close
one eight years ago and having won a
close when this year I can say this
winning is a lot more fun
while in office Nixon dealt with an
unstable economy and oversaw reforms in
welfare civil rights and more in foreign
affairs Nixon helped end the Vietnam War
reestablished contact with China and
improved relations with the Soviet Union
in 1972 Nixon was re-elected in a
landslide victory however his undoing
was already in the works
Democratic National Committee is trying
to solve a spy mystery it began before
dawn Saturday when five intruders were
captured by police inside the offices of
the committee in Washington the five men
carried cameras and apparently a planted
electronic bugs a few months prior to
his reelection a group of men linked to
the Nixon administration was arrested at
the Democratic Party headquarters in
Washington’s Watergate complex and what
followed was one of the biggest scandals
and presidential history the Watergate
scandal was revealed as a cover-up by
the Nixon administration to hide
involvement in illegal activities
against their opponents it ultimately
led to Nixon’s resignation from the
presidency on August 9th 1974 I have
never been a quitter to leave office
before my term is completed is abhorrent
to every instinct in my body
Nixon was granted a full pardon by the
Ford administration a month later a few
years later he was paid $600,000 by
British TV personality David Frost for a
string of in-depth television interviews
when the President does it that means
that it is not illegal by definition
exactly between 45 and 50 million people
watched the frost/nixon interviews when
they aired in 1977 the last decades of
Nixon’s life was spent rebuilding his
reputation as a best-selling author
senior statesman and foreign policy
specialist on April 22nd 1994 nixon died
after suffering a massive stroke ten
months after his wife’s passing
he is remembered by many as the face of
the embarrassing Watergate scandal
however Richard Nixon’s contributions to
world peace also helped to shape his
legacy as I lead you I want you to know
just think how much you’re gonna be
messy you don’t have Nixon to kick
around anymore
audience I made my mistakes but in all
of my years of public life I have never
profited never profited from public
service he was the first American
president to resign from the job welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the life and
accomplishments of Richard Nixon people
have got to know whether or not their
presidents a crook well I’m not a crook
I earned everything I’ve got Richard
Milhous Nixon was born January 9th 1913
in Yorba Linda California during his
modest and conservative Quaker
upbringing he became a skilled debater
he won a scholarship to the Duke
University School of Law and graduated
in 1937 after attempting to join the FBI
Nixon practice law in Whittier
California in 1938 he met Pat Ryan and
they married two years later Pat doesn’t
have a mink coat but she does have a
respectable Republican cloth coat and I
always tell her that she’d look good in
anything
in 1942 Nixon enrolled in the US Navy
after serving in the Pacific Theater of
World War two and rising to lieutenant
commander he returned to civilian life
in 1946 Nixon and his family then moved
back to Whittier where he ran as a
Republican for Congress he won and two
years later he was easily re-elected
during his congressional term he rose to
national prominence as a member of the
House and American Activities Committee
when he proved instrumental in breaking
a prominent Soviet spy case at the end
of 1949 Nixon ran for the United States
Senate during this campaign he was given
his enduring nickname tricky dick in
1952
Dwight D Eisenhower chose the 39
year-old senator as his vice
presidential candidate scandal hit when
Nixon was accused of maintaining a slush
fund of contributions Nixon defended
himself to 60 million Americans with a
televised address on September 23rd 1952
black and white spotted an our little
girl Trisha the six-year-old
named it checkers and you know the kids
like all kids love the dog and I just
want to say this right now that
regardless of what they say about it
we’re going to keep the public responded
favorably to the checkers speech and the
Eisenhower Nixon ticket won the election
that year during his two terms as
vice-president Nixon managed important
foreign and domestic issues
he also made high-profile journeys
overseas one example was his visit to
the Soviet Union where he spontaneously
debated Nikita Khrushchev on the merits
of capitalism versus communism in 1960
Nixon ran for president against Democrat
John F Kennedy the unprecedented series
of televised debates was a turning point
in the campaign
Nixon’s physical appearance compared to
Kennedy’s was sickly and this helped
lead to his narrow defeat in the
election Nixon then returned to
California to write in 1962 he ran for
state governor and his law signaled to
many the end of his political career he
did not run for president in 1964 and
Lyndon Johnson humiliated the
Republicans at the polls despite
everything Nixon remained a GOP star and
in 1968 he made another run at the
presidency with Johnson’s withdrawal the
ongoing Vietnam War and the
assassination of Starr Democrat Robert F
Kennedy it was a turbulent time this is
the first time in the history of this
country that a presidential candidate
could honestly come before an American
audience and say that respect for the
United States around the world is in
jeopardy the Republicans capitalized on
this and on November 5th 1968 Richard
Nixon was elected the 37th President of
the United States having lost a close
one eight years ago and having won a
close when this year I can say this
winning is a lot more fun
while in office Nixon dealt with an
unstable economy and oversaw reforms in
welfare civil rights and more in foreign
affairs Nixon helped end the Vietnam War
reestablished contact with China and
improved relations with the Soviet Union
in 1972 Nixon was re-elected in a
landslide victory however his undoing
was already in the works
Democratic National Committee is trying
to solve a spy mystery it began before
dawn Saturday when five intruders were
captured by police inside the offices of
the committee in Washington the five men
carried cameras and apparently a planted
electronic bugs a few months prior to
his reelection a group of men linked to
the Nixon administration was arrested at
the Democratic Party headquarters in
Washington’s Watergate complex and what
followed was one of the biggest scandals
and presidential history the Watergate
scandal was revealed as a cover-up by
the Nixon administration to hide
involvement in illegal activities
against their opponents it ultimately
led to Nixon’s resignation from the
presidency on August 9th 1974 I have
never been a quitter to leave office
before my term is completed is abhorrent
to every instinct in my body
Nixon was granted a full pardon by the
Ford administration a month later a few
years later he was paid $600,000 by
British TV personality David Frost for a
string of in-depth television interviews
when the President does it that means
that it is not illegal by definition
exactly between 45 and 50 million people
watched the frost/nixon interviews when
they aired in 1977 the last decades of
Nixon’s life was spent rebuilding his
reputation as a best-selling author
senior statesman and foreign policy
specialist on April 22nd 1994 nixon died
after suffering a massive stroke ten
months after his wife’s passing
he is remembered by many as the face of
the embarrassing Watergate scandal
however Richard Nixon’s contributions to
world peace also helped to shape his
legacy as I lead you I want you to know
just think how much you’re gonna be
messy you don’t have Nixon to kick
around anymore
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