#pre

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#illegal #means #president

You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#around #because #conference #gentlemen #kick

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#direction #had #influence #justices #lasting

The press is the enemy. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#press

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#conversations #decision #done #historical #i

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#floors #much #presidency #scrubbing

The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#american people #directly #entitled #hear #him

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

— Richard M. Nixon

#least #many #presidency #problems #them

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#been #before #body #completed #effective

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. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#blunt #candid #confidentiality #containing #different