Richard Nixon: “I have been trying to think of something that I could pick out as a mistake, you know, so that we could do better next…”

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

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…

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