Why would anyone want to be President today? The answer is not one of glory, or fame; today the burdens of the office outweigh its privileges. Its not because the Presidency offers a chance to be somebody, but because it offers a chance to do something.

You have my assurance that we will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam.

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.

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

I know you heard what you thought I said, but what I said isn't what I meant.

But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours, because we took a difficult task and we succeeded.