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You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

In 1971, near the middle of Nixon's first term, he approved a plan to install a White House taping system as a way of preserving an accurate chronicle of important discussions and decisions. Except for Nixon, three aides, and the Secret Service, no one knew about the listening devices.

Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon.

Nixon was the beginning of people not trusting politics.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

We will never know if any other president approached Nixon in paranoia, profanity or potential criminality, since only his conversations were captured, subpoenaed and ultimately released on the front pages of newspapers.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.