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.

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The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more...

The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen...

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

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

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The one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what...

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There will be no whitewash in the White House.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find...

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The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

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I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of...

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I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very...

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Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy,...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent...