"Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects."

"Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits."

"The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press."

"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow."

"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together."

"Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."

"If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories."

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

"The press is the enemy."

"The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness."

"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

"I let the American people down."

"I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle."

"Never let your head hang down. 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."

"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."

"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself."

"The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them."

"Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support."

"Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency."

"As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible."

"Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits."

"If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?"

"Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterwards to explain that it was not possible."

"People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got."

"It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality."

"I'm glad I'm not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone's tape recording what you say."