Richard Nixon: “I am confident if we can, however, back the United Nations, that this means that the Soviet Union will have to back down…”

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

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

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.