I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government but civilization itself.

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been.

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.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

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)

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. (On succeeding Richard M Nixon as president)

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. (On Watergate, announcing pardon of former President Richard M Nixon)

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.