THIS Made Nixon Wary of The Bureaucracy
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The arogance of “little people in big jobs”- love it!
Had one of them threaten me while picking up a load at a shipper recently. Black guy.
Yard-dawg asked me later what was it: "Were his shoes on too tight?"
Little People are everywhere. 🚛💥💨
Maybe Nixon thought that it sounded better than “midgets in big jobs”? Perhaps, he was just ahead of his time! 🤷🏻♂️ I bet ya didn’t think about that, huh?
That remark tells you worlds about what was wrong with Nixon. The motivations of applicants for government relief and those of the government workers who have to process these is incredibly difficult to correctly ascertain. Yet, here Nixon not only presumes to do so in the specific but generalizes it across all government. It's really a symptom of his own narcissistic megalomania and paranoia.
Well, the shoe was on his foot then not the other way around. They campaign knowing how the media is using it to their advantage. But when something happens & they bear the brunt of the corrupt media, then they got something to say.
That’s in Nixon’s times. Right now it’s criminals and traitors in big jobs - under Democrats and RINOs. The USA is being destroyed right in front of our eyes.
As an ex-bureaucrat, I'm here to say Nixon was dead-nuts right on the money. If the American people knew the contempt government has for them, no bureaucrat would qualify for life insurance.
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@@VesproDBA The 2nd sentence of your comment STRUCK me dead center: "If the American people knew the contempt the government has for them, no bureaucrat would qualify for life insurance." This is because I have held always that the "government employee" holds motivations that are very different --- and, perhaps at cross-purposes --- to those of the average legal taxpaying American citizen. Further, IMO, it is because of our general complacency and ignorance that the vast majority of We The People are not up in arms with pitchforks, bonfires, etc.
@@CuyanaTGen yes, because most of us are satisfied with the free bread and circuses
@@CuyanaTGenGive it time.
Read Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy.
President Nixon came from humble beginnings, and he never forgot where he came from. He was dead on with this assessment of the US government.
It’s interesting because the cities where Nixon lived in his childhood are upper middle class cities now.
@@alvarotorres9057 consider he was born 111 years ago
And he went on to try to solve the inflation problem at the shortage of gas with price controls and wage controls - the most direct government intervention in the economy, And one of the biggest failures in economic history
He was a crook.
@@allenmckinney2082feel better now in mommy's basement?
I was always taught that Nixon was a bad guy, but the more I listen to his words the more I come to realize that I was not taught the truth about this man.
Same for me. And I had the same experience with Reagan.
Yeah it's an interesting phenomenon. I'm 45 and while not a fringe person or a person that goes to rally's I find myself disliking cliche media where everyone states the same thing more and more. It's detrimental to the country. Nixon was actually one of the most intelligent presidents we've ever had. His analysis of Russia essentially has predicted what's occurring now. @@ronfox5519
@@ronfox5519 Go read 10 Reasons Richard Nixon Was Secretly An Amazing President.
Ironically he was the most popular President by election numbers yet the "state" took him out of office for doing exactly what they do.
True, certainly compared to what our politicians are doing today. What Nixon did was J-walking compared to our politicians murdering someone.....which could possibly be true.
Just walk thru airport security to see examples of little people delighting in pushing others around.
Come be a trucker. It's hell! 🚛💥💨
Some people love exercising their power through saying no. They are just waiting for a chance.
i have been treated very well by the tsa and i have no relationship with them other than as a passenger. it is the kind of job where you have the potential of being an ass but that has not been my experience.
10/4 😂 @@gregorysagegreene
100%
Nixon was hated by the press and Hollywood liberals from the McCarthy era. All those accusations came from the HUAC and not the Senate yet Nixon and McCarthy were blamed for it. After a lifetime of ridicule and biased reporting Nixon said in his book The Real War, "Television is to the truth what bumper stickers are to philosophy". One of my favorite quotes. He was a brilliant and patriotic American!
he was an american who lost his way. compared to trump he was a genius.
Just an update, subout memes for bumper stickers.
@@user-jn9gv9ve6e
and yet DJT actually is a genius
no he will tell you he is a stable genius. and may i add a legend in his own mind.@@andyman8630
@@andyman8630lol no he’s an idiot
Government in its best form is a necessary evil. At its worst, it is an intolerable one.------Thomas Jefferson
We’re currently the ladder.
You mean "latter" @@ZENIGMATV
And @scottyson607 that is a great quote. The largest gov should ever get is the smallest it can possibly be.
@@dehe82 If you knew what he meant, then why correct him? This isn't English class.
@@msromike123 because I assume like most sensible humans, he'd like to learn. And perhaps english isn't his first language. Otherwise who wants to go through life making the same mistakes?
It's from Thomas Paine in his "Common Sense," not Jefferson. Still a great quote.
Little people in big jobs is far bigger crises than it was a few decades ago.
The percentage of Narcissists.have increased, but also the amount of government tentacles into our lives have grown.
As well as ideologically possesed morons in positions that significantly affect people's lives
i disagree! this problem has been endemic since Ancient Greece, got worse in Ancient Rome and is unparalleled today
@@andyman8630 I think you're saying you agree
@@andyman8630Yeah your examples are a hell of a lot more than a few decades ago.
I think you'll notice that this kicks up a gear right before a civilisation collapse.
He's not at all tedious to listen to and he has a constant flow of coherent speech, such that, if you are distracted for even two seconds, you're having to replay the bit you missed.
When he debated JFK nearly all the radio listeners thought Nixon had moped the floor with Kennedy.
@@darbyheavey406No doubt.
@darbyheavey406 , yes, it was those who watched the debates on television who felt that Kennedy had won. The disparity thus showing the power of style over substance to come.
He's like Hemingway in that sense: Cuts to the bone until all he has is the truth, hence no word alone is wasted.
@@darbyheavey406JFK won on image not merit.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more apt description of a bureaucrat.” Little people in big jobs.” couldn’t be more succinct and accurate.
Another important issue with more bureaucrats is that they're similar to large charities. As charities grow bigger and bigger, less money starts to go towards the causes and more money starts going to managing the charity itself like its staff. This happens because they realize that actually trying to solve the problem would mean that they no longer have a reason to exist, its exactly what happens in government departments. And whats truly concerning is that its a perfectly understandable decision, because no one wants to put themselves out of a job
Then they start funding external studies to determine what they should do, when they were hired as the expert for the job.
Large private corporations aren't any different.
@@mowogfpv7582 maybe not, but we have a choice in way of our dollar not so much with government they just take.
Yup. No real conspiracies, just emergent behaviour.
Reminds me of when I learned that the FBI was meant to be temporary when it was formed. That's basically most of government now; temp crap that just never went away.
Being 71 looking back I never had any issues with him and thought he was railroaded into his resignation. After running across another video of him recently he made me appreciate him even more. He said that he did what he did because he realized that him staying was only tearing the nation apart. He loved his country to much for this to continue. Our present leaders need to learn from him. Our country was born for "We the People" not for "you the politicians".
He was railroaded, and it was on purpose to remove a man who likely would not go along with the developing agenda we are warring against now.
Problem is people like Joe it's their life's work and he has been dead set on finishing no matter the repercussions to anyone. Look at BIBi he's exactly the same. Both men hated extremely but because their own contemptuous grip on power they remain and will continue until removed.
Whoever the audio tech was on this gig deserved a raise
Yeah 10 years of watching crap you-tube videos has made me have a deep appreciation for the unsung professionals in sound and lighting of years past.
Once upon a time it was normal to be good at your job
I remember the face of Peter Strzok testifying .
Exactly
This is good. Nixon learned from having a government job the same way Thomas Sowell learned.
I believe him one hundred percent in his observation about the arrogance as well. I've seen enough of that.
Grey ,
Thank you for bringing this up!
Thomas was a dedicated Marxist until he had a U.S. government job !
That is the biggest problem we have in DC today is little people in big jobs.
Along with, way too many jobs. If it's bigger than a breadbox, its got its own agency and an ever increasing number of managers, administrators, and staff. And, they're all making rules that carry the weight of law, with little accountability to Congress, and even less to us. And, an increasing number of them are carrying guns. The FDA, IRS, Dept of Energy for instance, now have their own armed enforcement agents. Why? The FBI agents weren't armed, when they were first formed either. They were purely an investigational agency. Just sayin'.
Nixon’s wisdom would be very valuable today.
BS. He would be run out of the party today like he should have been then... Nixon was a BIG GOVT CLEPTOCRAT pretending he was Conservative... Jut like Nikki Haley today.
plenty of normal people have it but will never be able to guide humanity to new heights in morality, peace, harmony, stability and mutual development
"Little people in big jobs". So perfectly put.
As a Vietnam Veteran I thank (memorium) him for getting the US out of that terrible war started by LBJ.
My grandfather was lucky enough to both serve and enjoy a coffee with Nixon on a flight from Australia. He said he was the most genuine and kind political figures he had met.
SO TRUE AND IT STILL HAPPENS NOW, PUTTING LITTLE PEOPLE IN BIG JOBS.🇺🇲👍
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Our pleasure!
So many comments on Nixon videos talk about how well he talks. I want to mention how well the interviewers are listening. TV reporters today won’t let anyone go 3 seconds without interrupting.
My only public sector experience was a work study job at the University of Colorado half a century ago. Basically I washed cars and trucks in the motor pool. My supervisor had a talk with me one day. I was washing too many for my allotted time. "Oh sorry, was I not being thorough enough?" No, I was told, you're doing a great job but that's the problem. You're doing too well and the permanent guys are worried you're going to end up changing their work quota expectations.
No matter where or when, when I come across anti-competitive actions it makes me wince.
a friend of mine, made redundant from a company, got a job with a shire. He had the same experience - he got told off for completing tasks to quickly and too well.
But this isn't confined to government. Another friend decided to work for a year in England, and got a job with Marconi, a defence contractor. He too was criticized for being too productive.
@@keithammleter3824 very common in a production setting, the established workers have "fought hard" to enjoy a certain level of apathy from management and if you do anything to upset that... well you're not going to make any friends let's just say that.
@@masons9541 That's exactly what my friend found. except it wasn't so much apathy in management - the workers had long trained the management to not expect full production.
Nixon was a man of honor and courage !!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
the people have to know their president is not a crook. he would of gone to prison if it weren't for the deal he made with ford.
Don’t think he could even spell honor. He was a sick puppy
he had lots of honor when he told america that he wasn't a crook and he tried to cover up watergate.
@@user-jn9gv9ve6ethat was all CIA
@@user-jn9gv9ve6eif you take the BS narrative, how does Watergate even compare to what later administrations have done?
"Little people with big jobs" is the perfect way to describe the vast majority of internet moderators too.
It gave Nixon a good idea of why governments should limited to what is necessary and what they can do and not be expanded
Dick was not as crooked as he was made out to be. There are leaders that make the man look upright.
Even if watergate had been what they said it was, it's still a pipsqueek of a scandal compared to what we have seen since. Co.pared to what we've seen just this week.
It's not like the "little people" he was talking about hated him and did everything in their power to make him burn.
Seems like they still like to do it in effigy as often as they can. Kinda like McCarthy.
Nixon is a patron saint compared to the racketeering, corrupt criminal in office now. Biden is in the pocket of China and shakes down other nations using his crackhead son & tore the nation apart. Under his Presidency, Democrats have normalized persecuting political opponents by either bankrupting them in lawsuits, assassinations or jailing them. The Democrats have plunged the nation into the third world.
He was railroaded on that in order to put in a man of their choice who would toe the line, and set us up for what has started to come to fruition now.
He was a lot worse than he was made out to be. Do you EVEN know why he resigned? Because the investigation showed that he extended the Vietnam War by talking China into pressuring North Vietnam into leaving the peace talks- just so Johnson would look bad enough to lose in the election. It was called "The Chenault Affair", and it was one of the bigger, shorter-lived media and political cover-ups in US history. He was also the Trojan Horse for Kissenger to single-handedly take over US foreign and defense affairs. I don't think you can even fathom how sick and crooked Nixon really was, bro. He was the closest thing the US has ever had to a Mussolini.
God its weird to see an articulate, intelligent president.
I lived and worked in the Washington DC area for eight years about 30 years ago. The average DC bureaucrat had nothing but contempt for the average American then and I can say with complete confidence that it's 100 times worse now.
It’s a shame that watergate happened.He would have been one of our greatest presidents.
Watergate was less than nothing compared to what has happened since. I think he did it because his experience of getting cheated out of the 1960 election led him to think he had to fight dirty with dirty. He HAD NO TALENT at being dirty, that’s how he got caught.
He WAS Watergate...
@@coachhannah2403he was set up. Nixon did nothing.
@@coachhannah2403 Stay off the tap water.
@@OneofInfinity. - Never touch the stuff. How is the Kool-Aid?
Wow. Mr. Nixon's descriptions nailed most of my dealings with "higher-ups", in all aspects of social and business interactions.
Victor Davis Hanson also makes this point in his book the Dying Citizen
Little people in big jobs.
Perfect description of TSA...among other 3-letter agencies.
He is dead on correct. President Nixon was a very wise man
And a very flawed man,
He was the little person in a big job, for sure. Spot on. But then, he was mentally sick. Paranoid. No way to fix that.
completely nailed it....
Little people are everywhere. Even in politics deciding about our futures
I encourage everyone to visit his Presidential library in Lorba Linda, CA. If anything, you will be overwhelmed by the fact that this man was a relevant historical figure for much of the 20th Century.
And that continues to this day...
He was spot on as we can all now see just how correct he was.
Then perhaps you can explain why he helped create the Dept of Energy and Dept of Ed? Two of the worst criminal enterprises in US history that both took power away from the voter and gave it to a bureaucracy... How does one square that?
I'm a software engineer and it's wild how much his critique of 20th century government bureaucracy applies to 21st century tech capitalism.
Hari
Very good point - letting "little people" - who do not have a sense of serving the people, but rather controlling them - get too much power. And hade behind laws and regulations and not take personal responsibility. Such people should not represent government. Therefore beauracracy should be as small as possible. And trained to have care for the people, not surpress by impersonal systems, which now is much worse by operating more and more with digital communication
Yes,but how can you weed the little demons out of important jobs without offending them. They creep in unaware,and seem to stumble into their leadership roles before you recognize them for what they are.
Today we have big government and record amount of slackers.
Boy! If this doesn’t describe Pete Buttajudge to a TEE!
.. not to mention Biden.
Nixon here nicely encapsulates the sentiments of conservatives. Small government, or no bigger than necessary, is always better.
are you talking about the small government who had over 500,000 boys in vietnam, left to die for nothing.
Nixon got us out of Vietnam.
only after being in office many years. he could of got us out long before he did.@@EricDaMAJ
@@user-jn9gv9ve6e He was only president for 3 years before exiting Vietnam. But I guess if you're 11 years old 3 years seems like "many years."
i lived during that time and was in the service. you don't know what you're talking about.@@EricDaMAJ
I voted for Richzrd Nixon twice. If he suddenly showed up on my ballot I would do it again. The media's treatment of President Nixon...then and now...was the canary in the coal mine. But no one heard that poor bird sing.
Your point is especially relevant in our current Era. We could easily draw a line from what was done to Nixon straight through to the political prisoners of today.
@@ronfox5519 Same people been at it for decades.
@@OneofInfinity.
For sure.
“Little people in big jobs” is the way of the world these days.
This is WHY George Washington made Govt small and accountable.
I love these short clips of Nixon to put into my subconscious
I think about Nixon and while appreciating all he accomplished, I can't help but think "what could have been."
Wisdom and the courage to say it.
He makes a great point.
Remember that almost all of the power of the federal government bureaucracy is in DC, MD and northern VA regardless of who is president and then consider how those regions vote.
Bingo!
Could have been addressed if the Founding Fathers could have figured out a way to limit voting to exclude anyone and everyone working for the government.
Want to be able vote again?
Quit...and join the rest of us working honest jobs.
That is why all of the evil is entwined. It is a ball of snakes.
Trump was trying to disperse the various departments and agencies throughout the country to more appropriate venues (e.g., the Dept. of Agriculture to someplace like Kansas City). It would have the effect of reducing size (through resignations) and changing personnel.
Nixon’s assessment of little people in big jobs is spot on and continues to this day. I have run across this many times in my years as a contractor supporting DoD.
I was 17 when Nixon resigned. All my peers were glad, but I was not. I always had the instinctive feeling that he was a very good president - not without flaws - but certainly a man who knew his place in the American Experiment.
Compared to what is all too common today, Nixon was an Eagle Scout.
The fact that Nixon of all presidents spoke so specifically to the issues of the future is insane. I’ve read many of his criticisms, but he was before my time and even given watergate his higher level of integrity versus modern incumbents is disturbing
After twenty years of working outside Washington my mother got promoted to a job there. After about a year she got called on the carpet and informed that just because she had no worth wild projects to spend money on was no reason not to spend budgeted funds.
The system is use or lose.
Best advert for small government and one that gets out of the way.
The same applies to the corporate world - little people with big jobs cause far more harm than good
Great phrase, 'little people in big jobs'. It says so much.
He is talking TRUTH. Best regards Senior Officer in Government position.
This is very insightful. President Nixon witnessed first hand the negative side of "carerrism" in the public service. I worked in the Federal Public Service for a few years out of college back in the ealy 90's and can totally coroborate President Nixon's experience.
Truer words were never spoken!
He was a good man. 🇺🇸
I love Nixon- such an interesting character of history
I was in a room at O Hare on the military side in 73 with Nixon. A very small press conference. Way cool
DEI gives little people big jobs too.
DEI also guarantees that those little people will never lose those big jobs.
Discrimination, Exclusivity, Intolerance.
History is being very kind to him. He's not the Monster everyone has made him out to be
Quite true.
Bureaucracy is a growth industry.
Right on
The more i see of nixon the more i admire
This is Africa's problem. there's so much nepotism that inevitably leads to little people in big jobs. People have never managed 10 men in their lives suddenly responsible for national scale projects and services.
"Little people with big jobs." Valuable statement. This is the American government. Will have to save this.
Brilliant!
He was right. I worked in government for a number of years and saw exactly what RMN spoke about.
Spectacular assessment!
I can't believe I'm agreeing with Nixon, but he's spot on about bureaucracy. I've had the same thoughts myself
Wow! I need to listen to him more. And this is true for all governments not just US.
Wow. This channel has opened my eyes
As a Brit I had the traditional view of Nixon but after learning Watergate was a setup I have developed a different view of him
Nixon was definitely a complicated man who deserves criticism in the same way all presidents do. But he is by no means the crooked man he is presented as in the popular media. He very well may have been one of our most remarkable presidents of the 20th century.
A setup? Setup by whom? Watergate was setup by Nixon and his black bag men in the CREEP who were dispensing cash in the White House to shady operators like G. Gordon Liddy. Those were Nixon's hand chosen henchmen and when they got completely out of control and got themselves caught by the police in a "third rate burglary" attempt, it was Nixon who authorized and pursued the cover up the crime until members of his own party forced him to resign.
You are getting terrible information in Much Diminished Britain if you believe this was a "setup". Watergate was typical of Nixon's tactics since he began his political career by lying about Helen Gahagan Douglas. His tactics were those of a ruthless poker player, a two-faced liar, a cheat, and an extremely petty man obsessed by "elites" whom he thought bothered to look down upon him.
@@nickchavez720 totally agree with you. He was one of my favorite Presidents despite all of his flaws. He had the best understanding of world politics of any President that ever lived.
Watergate a setup? Everybody involved in it confessed, even Nixon. Some of them wrote books about what they had done and what Nixon did. Nixon is on tape. On what fantasy world was Watergate a setup?
This ought to help the whole world understand how powerful the media is. They're actually more powerful than the president or any branch of government, because they Brainwashed the people and pick and choose what they want them to see, hide from them the things they don't want them to see, tell them who to like, who to hate, and subconsciously program them who to vote for
I've seen this since I was a kid in the 60s, and today just as then, those who see it and try to get others to see it, are the ones who are also vilified attacked and demonized. In fact you could even have your property vandalized, be robbed and beaten, have death threats, lose your job, and even be killed if you go against whatever the mainstream media has programmed and brainwashed your family friends and neighbors to believe
And then it's so sad that after you're dead you got to wait several decades for it to come out that you really were a good person that was on the good side of things
They're doing the same thing to Trump today
Nixon looks like a saint today.
Tellin' it like it still is
I love his observation ...❤👏🫡🇿🇦
Brilliant.
that was a very sane, level headed statement.
What he said reminded me of what I always tell people. The government will always grow and try to control more of our lives because in order for the bureaucrats in charge to get paid more, they need to increase the size of their staff and be responsible for more.
Also, people complain about corporate welfare, but ignore government worker welfare. Incompetent people who can’t get a job in the private sector are hired by the government as a type of jobs program. That’s one reason why we see a larger percentage of one group in government work relative to their percentage of the population.
We have a lot of these in the UK too.
He was brilliant.
Wise words from Nixon
He was ABSOLUTELY CORRECT SIR
only a person like president Nixon can sum up the problem we face in government offices "little people in big positions"
Thanks for giving us the EPA
Amen.
The only presidentI saw in person in San Francisco.. and my one trip to Washington in the early 70s, his white house was the one I got to tour
I saw him in my tiny home town in Nebraska when he was campaigning for Eisenhower.
Welcome to the DMV. Little people who can't wait to deny you a license.
True that..
Absolutely the most brilliant President in modern history.
If time travel were possible, would to see him debate with the Founding Era Presidents.
Highly recommend this book by Geoff Shepard
The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President
Ditto.
"Little people in big jobs" describes TSA very accurately
This makes tons of sense and rings sincere, but it's sure not the way he governed as President. For instance, his is the administration that enthusiastically created and built the EPA. Perhaps this was a good thing overall, as was Title IX and the war on cancer and the war on drugs, but I think you can see where I'm going. That government "which is necessary" got a lot bigger in the Nixon administration.
Dick Cheney once remarked that his observation of Nixon was that of a very hands-on administrator, who began everyday tackling everything on his desk. He was most definitely a “big government” President. One may argue however that it was the era in which he governed. In contrast, Clinton, a considerably more liberal President ideologically, cut the welfare state in line with the manner of governing influenced by Reagan.
@@hotcarlcade That's fair. But his retrospective remarks in this video are so contradicted by history that I can't believe he's sincere.
History shows that Richard Nixon wasn't the evil person they made him out to be. As a kid, I remember people being very happy that Nixon ended the Vietnam war, albeit with a bombing campaign!