The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.

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.

I think Congress has spent enough time on ethics. I think it's time they moved on to something else.

For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.

We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will not be cheap or easy and the costs will have to be borne by each citizen, consumer and taxpayer. How clean is clean enough can only be answered in terms of how much we are willing to pay and how soon we seek success... It is simplistic to seek ecological perfection at the cost of bankrupting the very tax-paying enterprises which must pay for the social advances we seek.

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.