Nixons conception of his

office

Nixon said this during a Republican Fund-raising
Dinner. This emphasizes the difficulty of
campaigning and being a president. It also shows
that Nixon considered that the challenges are the
integral part of the job and that only the people of
the highest caliber deserve to be in the office.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=3838
People have got to know whether or
not their President is a crook. Well, Im
not a crook. Ive earned everything Ive
got.
This quotation shows that Nixon felt
that the public is suspicious of the
president and that a president has to
keep proving himself to stay in office
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit
ics/nixon-tells-editors-im-not-a-
crook/2012/06/04/gJQA1RK6IV_story.h
tml?utm_term=.f9febb87c751
The more you stay in this kind of job, the more
you realize that a public figure, a major public
figure, is a lonely man.
Nixon said this during his tenure as Vice President.
This shows that Nixon considered being in the
highest office a lonely affair. Furthermore, he
mentions that a president cannot enjoy the
luxury of intimate personal friendships, cant
confide absolutely in anyone, and cant talk too
much about your personal plans, your personal
feelings
Nixon Volume I: The Education of a Politician
1913-1962, p. 618
Nixon about Johnson
Nixon described Johnson as the
hardest working president in 140
years. Those are the words their
shared friend Graham passed to
Johnson on September 1968, during a
race between Nixon and Humphrey,
Johnsons VP.
https://www.nixonfoundation.org/20
11/05/rn-and-lbj-an-overlooked-
relationship/
 Nixon about Johnson

In his life President Johnson

endured the vilification of those
who sought to portray him as a
man of war. But there was
nothing he cared about more
deeply than achieving a lasting
peace in the world
Nixon said those words the next
day after Johnsons death in
January 1973.
https://www.nixonfoundation.or
g/2011/05/rn-and-lbj-an-
overlooked-relationship/
Conclusion

Nixon thought highly of his

predecessor, Lyndon Johnson. He
valued qualities like hard work and
his desire for peace.
Nixon considered that being a
president is a lonely job, where it is
hard to have intimate personal
friendships and confide trust in
anyone. Nixon also considered being
in the office a challenge for which
only the best people are suited.