The old question still remains: Can a free people restrain crime without sacrificing fundamental liberties and a heritage of compassion?

All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon.

The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good.

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference. I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.