Richard Nixon to Time in 1990: 'There's nothing trivial about Watergate'

"The jury has already come in, and there's nothing that's going to change it. There's no appeal. Historians will judge it harshly.... I mean, every time I make a speech, or every time I write a book, inevitably the reviewers refer to the 'disgraced former president.' ... There's nothing trivial about Watergate."

"I really wrote this book for those who have suffered losses or defeats and so forth, and who think that life is over. I felt that if I could share with them my own experiences, it might help. The problem with that, of course, is that resigning the presidency is something that is beyond their imagination."

"The Soviets have lost the Cold War, but the West has not won it. It is not enough to say now that people have rejected communism, that we're home free. Waging a revolution is difficult, but not nearly as difficult as governing.... I'm not enthused about this idea of sending our political experts over and telling these poor people how to win an election."