People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct.

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct.

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else to revolve around it.

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.

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.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents. I don't think Kennedy should have done it. I don't think Johnson should have done it, and I don't think we should have done it.