Richard M. Nixon Audio & Video

"In passing this office to the Vice President, I also do so with the profound sense of the weight of responsibility..."

"Tonight I want to talk to you on a subject of deep concern to all Americans and to many people in all parts of the world, the war in Vietnam."

"And so I say to you on this occasion we leave, we leave proud of the people who have stood by us and worked for us..."

President Richard Nixon delivered his first inaugural address on January 20, 1969.

Includes eight highlights of speeches, beginning with the Checkers Speech from 1952, the debate with John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Nixon/Kruschev debate and his resignation.

"War is a terrible and cruel experience for a nation, and it's particularly terrible and cruel for those who bear the burden of fighting."

"I come before you tonight as a candidate for the Vice Presidency and as a man whose honesty and integrity has been questioned."

Schoolchildren absorb at least one fact about Richard Milhous Nixon: He was the first and (so far) the only President of the United States to resign the office.

You might want to go back in time to September 26, 1960, when 70 million viewers watched the first presidential debate between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon. This was the first presidential debate ever televised, and after this debate Kennedy moved from a slight deficit into a slight lead over Nixon.

"Let me tell you something of the goals of this better America toward which we will strive."