| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 42577 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995), U.S. Republican politician, president. Quoted in Earl Mazo, Richard Nixon: A Political and Personal Portrait, ch. 18 (1959). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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