We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we should begin now to treat them as scarce resources, which we are no more free to contaminate than we are free to throw garbage into our neighbor's yard.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

You know very well that whether you are on page one or page thirty depends on whether they fear you. It's as simple as that.

If the President does it, it can't be illegal.

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

I knew if I continued to look around it would be difficult for me to contain my own emotions. So I turned away from the red eyes of the crowd and looked only at the red eye of the camera, talking to all the nation.