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

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.

A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue.

It is in that spirit, the spirit of '76, that I ask you to rise and join me in a toast to Chairman Mao, to Premier Chou, to the people of our two countries, and to the hope of our children that peace and harmony can be the legacy of our generation to theirs.

To me, the most unhappy people in the world are the people ... in Palm Beach- Going to parties every night. Playing golf every afternoon, then bridge. [They have] no purpose.

A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance planning.