Carolina QuotesI want to say this to the television audience. I made my mistakes, but in all of my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited from public service. I have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.
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Televised press conference with 400 Associated Press Managing Editors at Walt Disney World, Florida. (November 17, 1973) — Often transcribed as "I am not a crook." — 'I Am Not A Crook': How A Phrase Got A Life Of Its Own, on National Public Radio
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“I want to say this to the television audience. I made my mis…” Richard Nixon. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B70D237909. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b70d237909
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