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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I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If...

I've never canceled a subscription to a newspaper because of bad cartoons or editorials. If...

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

I don't know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.

For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways to...

For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways to...

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

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

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home,...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored,...

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,...

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat...

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat...

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated....

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated....

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...

President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small...