Richard Nixon actually said...

Not a single witness has testified that I had any knowledge of the planning for the Watergate break-in.

On May 22 I said that at no time did I authorize any offer of executive clemency for the Watergate defendants, nor did I know of any such of...

We must not stay so mired in Watergate that we fail to respond to challenges of surpassing importance to America and the world.

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