17 November 1973
Not a Crook Speech
At a televised press conference, declares that he is not a crook, has not profited from public service and has never obstructed justice.
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At a televised press conference, declares that he is not a crook, has not profited from public service and has never obstructed justice.
And I think, too, that I could 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.
And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice.
At the end of a lengthy response to a question about his personal finances, the President famously said, "And so, that is where the money came from.
Let me just say this, and I 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,
The President gave another televised press conference, this time from the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World, where the President was attending the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got."
never profited from public service--I have earned every cent.
And I think, too, that I could 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.
And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice.
At the end of a lengthy response to a question about his personal finances, the President famously said, "And so, that is where the money came from.
Let me just say this, and I 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,
The President gave another televised press conference, this time from the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World, where the President was attending the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association.
Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got."
never profited from public service--I have earned every cent.
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