Richard Nixon quote, help me out please

[Farmboy]

There is a great Nixon quote that I had on my wall for years cause I could never remember it to repeat it. I have lost it. It goes something like this.."what you thought I said is not what you heard.. or something of that nature. Anybody have it. It's priceless Nixon Gibberish.

BR

 

[CW Spook]

I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but
I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
-- Robert McCloskey, U.S. State Department spokesman, at a press
briefing during the Vietnam War

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

My favorite was when Press Secretary Ron Ziegler said "Previous statements inoperative."

 

[J. Galt]

I don't think that was an actual Nixon quote.

Here's my favorite Nixon quote:

"Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the people. Oh, and ......
"Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?"

 

[DeathGrip]

"Sock it to me?"

D.G.

 

[Farmboy]

quote

Thanks Spook, that's exactly it. Apparently not Nixon though, but it should have been.

BR

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Charles Colson supposedly said "I"d walk all over my grandmother to get Richard Nixon reelected."

 

[dkees]

"My advisers are not always right but they're always sure."

 

[bobsdad]

Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?
G. Gordon Liddy

 

[TennTony]

"My advisers are not always right but they're always sure."

Very much like what I said about my Dad: "Frequently wrong. But never in doubt."

 

[labworm]

"Sock it to me?"

D.G.

Was that the new Nixon that said that

Good one, made me laugh

 

[retiredtech]

Natering Nabobs of Negatisim!

 

[Ron H.]

Natering Nabobs of Negatisim!

Sir, Spiro Agnew said that--in a speech written by William Safire.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

 

[retiredtech]

Knew that! Watched the speech!

 

[7shooter]

Sir, Spiro Agnew said that--in a speech written by William Safire.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

Spiro T. Agnew was the featured speaker at a bankers association convention banquet that I went to with my sister-in-law in the 70's. He was an outstanding blowhard in a profession that produces big blowhards. He was also apparently quite a crook.

 

[PALADIN85020]

"My advisers are not always right but they're always sure."

Got a chuckle over that one, because my dad often said of my mother, "Seldom right, but never in doubt!" She was a Democrat (through inheritance) and dad was a staunch Goldwater Republican.

 

[tripledipper]

"You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore". How wrong he was.