As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

I'm not going to be the first American president to lose a war.

No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency - a nation I so deeply love and an institution I so greatly respect.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same thing.