I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost, I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker.

The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.

Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted: peace is improvisation.

The great question of the seventies is, shall we surrender to our surroundings, or shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage we have done to our air, to our land, and to our water?