Richard M. Nixon Audiobooks & Video

"Let me tell you something of the goals of this better America toward which we will strive."

"War is a terrible and cruel experience for a nation, and it's particularly terrible and cruel for those who bear the burden of fighting."

"I ask for your support for our brave men fighting tonight halfway around the world, not for territory, not for glory..."

"I come before you tonight as a candidate for the Vice Presidency and as a man whose honesty and integrity has been questioned."

This is the story of the behind-the-scenes team that set the stage for Nixon's historic visit to China...

Dwight D. Eisenhower won th Republican party's nomination for president on the first ballot, gathering 845 convention votes and defeating his chief opponent, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio.

"Tonight I want to talk to you on a subject of deep concern to all Americans and to many people in all parts of the world, the war in Vietnam."

In that "Incredible Year" of 1968, Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, August 8th.

In the fall of 1960, a series of debates between candidates for President, Republican Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy, would forever alter the landscape of political campaigning.

Richard M. Nixon's 1973 inaugural address began his second term as president.