The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

We, this nation of ours, could be the richest nation in the world. We could be the freest nation in the world - but only if the arts are alive and flourishing can we experience the true meaning of our freedom, and know the full glory of the human spirit.

Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right.

No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency - a nation I so deeply love and an institution I so greatly respect.

Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.

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