Richard Nixon: “It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man, and it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.”

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.

It is only a beginning, always.

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

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.