"I don’t think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction."
― Richard M. Nixon
Topic(s):
Change
More From Richard M. Nixon
- "Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren’t for the goddamned people."
- "Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that."
- "Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."
More In Change
- "If you’re old, don’t try to change yourself, change your environment."― B. F. Skinner
- "When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions."― John Boyd Orr
- "I’m in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want."― Robert Carlyle