The famous speech was written for Nixon by Raymond Price. Price was a former newspaper man who had been with Nixon since his successful presidential campaign in 1968. He knew Nixon’s voice well.

Nixon did not officially end his presidency until noon the following day, Aug. 9, 1974. He then famously waved and boarded a plane with his family, leaving the office of the president to the ...

Nixon spoke out against “the notion that the end justifies the means,” which he said had developed in the 1960s. “As we look at Watergate in a longer perspective, we can see that its abuses resulted ...

Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political ambitions were in peril. He was accused of dipping into a private, $18,000 slush fund to cover expenses, and doubts ...

On Sept. 23, 1952, Richard Nixon delivered in front of a national TV audience what became known as the “Checkers Speech,” a 30-minute address to the nation.

In one speech, Nixon presented himself as the candidate for unity in the face of chaos, peace in the face of war, strength in the face of weakness. He told that crowd that he was one of you.