Richard Nixon said...

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But ...

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental program...