Richard Nixon actually said...

This principle of confidentiality in Presidential communications is what is at stake in the question of the tapes.

I had no prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in; I neither took part in nor knew about any of the subsequent coverup activities.

My consistent position from the beginning has been to get out the facts about Watergate, not to cover them up.

Now, Therefore, I, Richard Nixon, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Tuesday, October 9, 1973, as Leif Erikson D...