Because the public lands belong to all Americans, this 1872 Mining Act should be repealed.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

[The public lands represent] in a sense, the breathing space of the nation.

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.

Because of the realities of human nature, perfect peace is achieved in two places only: in the grave and at the typewriter.

They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far.