Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

You cannot win a battle in any arena merely by defending yourself.

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

Any culture which can put a man on the Moon is capable of gathering all the nations of the earth in peace, justice and concord.

The sky is no longer the limit.

Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor in spirit.