Richard Nixon actually said...

I want all of you to know that I trust that in my position I can provide the kind of leadership that will keep up your morale.

What brings morale is not what happens down in the ranks, but the leadership and the example that is set at the top.

I always feel just a little bit embarrassed when an admiral comes up to me and says 'sir.'

I wish I could report that we had produced a magic formula that would end crime and sweep away despair overnight.