Rarely Have So Many People

When Information Which Properly Belongs To The Public Is Systematically Withheld By Those In Power, The People Soon Become Ignorant Of Their Own Affairs, Distrustful Of Those Who Manage Them, And -- Eventually -- Incapable Of Determining Their Own Destinies.

I Let The American People Down, And I Have To Carry That Burden For The Rest Of My Life. My Political Life Is Over. I Will Never Again Have An Opportunity To Serve In Any Official Position. Maybe I Can Give A Little Advice From Time To Time.

Never Be Too Proud To Go Onto Your Knees Before God.

I'm Not Going To Be The First American President To Lose A War.

Those Few Days After Kent State Were Among The Darkest Of My Presidency.