The destiny of our land, the air we breathe, the water we drink is not in the mystical hands of an uncontrollable agent, it is in our hands. A future which brings the balancing of our resources-preserving quality with quantity - is a future limited only by the boundaries of our will to get the job done.

You find out who your true friends are not when you are on top of the world, but when the world is on top of you.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

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.

Once genius is submerged by bureaucracy, a nation is doomed to mediocrity.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.