àPresident Richard Milhous Nixon on WhiteHouse.gov
“I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent; and in all of my years in public life, I have never obstructed justice, and I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.”
—From a speech during the Watergate investigation
“In a crisis, be aware of the danger—but recognize the opportunity.”
“Sure there are dishonest men in local government, but there are dishonest men in national government too.”
“The average American is just like the child in the family. You give him some responsibility and he is going to amount to something. He is going to do something. If, on the other hand, you make him completely dependent and pamper him and cater to him too much, you are going to make him soft, spoiled and eventually a very weak individual.”
—From an interview with Garnett D. Horner following election to a second presidential term
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