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

Neil and Buzz, I am talking to you by telephone from the Oval Office at the White House, and this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made. . . . Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. As you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth.

[Peter] Drucker says that modern government can do only two things well: wage war and inflate the currency. Its the aim of my administration to prove Mr Drucker wrong.

It I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality.

I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

I had never expected that the China initiative would come to fruition in the form of a Ping-Pong team.

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.