Listen, I don't know anything about polygraphs and I don't know how accurate they are, but I know they'll scare the hell out of people.

I don't think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don't. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic and emotional.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.

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

Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to all our lives.