Richard Nixon: “He has been Speaker of the House of Representatives for a longer consecutive period than any Speaker in the entire…”

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

It is only a beginning, always.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

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