I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If that were the case, I wouldn't have any newspapers or magazines to read.

People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

I let the American people down.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience. My only experience is at losing them.

If you think the United States has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?

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

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.