An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. (On Watergate, announcing pardon of former President Richard M Nixon)
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The political lesson of Watergate is this Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.
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My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. (On succeeding Richard M Nixon as president)
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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.
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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
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The three martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?
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I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a household word today.
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It can go on and on, or someone must write 'The End' to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must.
I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. (On Americans who avoided conscription during the Vietnam War, to Veterans of Foreign Wars)
It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
A coalition of groups ... is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. ... an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. (On Watergate crisis)
When a man is asked to make a speech, the first thing he has to decide is what to say.
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The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.
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I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.
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