It was a mistake on my part.

True leadership is about making the tough decisions and standing by them, even when they are unpopular.

I have been careful never to promise what I could not deliver.

I don't believe in promising more than I can produce, and I believe in producing everything that I promise.

I will not accept its failure to act.

Never promise anything you are not perfectly sure you can deliver.

I have done everything that I possibly can to provide the evidence that would have existed had we found the tapes.

I believe in keeping the promises I make, and making only those promises I am confident I can keep.

The sole interest to which each board member must be beholden is the public interest.

As long as I am here, I will go over and shake off the dust myself to find out what was said.

We would like to point out that as a member of the Cabinet we would want you to report to the Cabinet, too, on your trips abroad.

In these times, one cannot often enough emphasize the need for individual responsibility and individual accountability.

Until he does, the men there are going to give a good account of themselves.

If we are to ever be worthy of the trust and of the confidence of other peoples, we shall have to face up to our own lives and our own problems.

I have said nothing or done nothing to contribute to that cooling.

I promise you that we are not going to allow them to go on unchecked.

I don't want to be charged with barring you from asking anything you want to.

I will review exactly what has happened.