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I would say only that if some of my judgments were wrong-and some were wrong-they were made in what I believed at the time to be the best interests of the nation." -Richard M. Nixon's Statement of Resignation, August 8, 1974
"We know that it has been said that Richard Nixon was 'hounded from office' by his political opponents and media critics. We feel constrained to point out, however, that it was Richard Nixon who impeded the F.B.I.'s investigation of the Watergate affair by wrongfully attempting to implicate the Central Intelligence Agency; it was Richard Nixon, who created and preserved the evidence of that transgression and who, knowing that it had been subpoenaed by this Commit- tee and the Special Prosecutor, concealed its terrible import, even from his own counsel, until he could do so no longer.'
-From the Final Report
WAS RICHARD NIXON MERELY GUILTY OF ERRORS IN JUDGMENT OR DID HE KNOWINGLY PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE?
The question will not be decided on the Senate floor: resignation forestalled an impeachment trial. It will not be decided in the courts: a presidential pardon forestalled criminal prosecution. Only here, in the final report of the House Committee on the Judiciary, is the case against Richard M. Nixon proved beyond a reasonable doubt and carefully recorded for posterity.
