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Nixon on the Roof

Former vice president Nixon wets the wood-shingled roof of his rental house during a Los Angeles fire in 1961. "Never let your head hang down," he said. "Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."

In this photo: Richard Nixon

Photo: Allan Grant./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Nov 01, 1961
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