I don't know, I just watched a full archive of this speech, which includes a part when he casually talks and jokes with staff members before it's live, and we don't hear him say this sentence. What was cut is the very begining of the speech, where he says _"Good evening. The is the 37th time I have spoken to your from the office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation. Each time, I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believed affected the nationnal interest."_ I heard that some people remember saw him crying on TV before/after that speech, and there's nothing like this in the archived video either, so I'm actually perplexed. Does anyone has any source video of this?
I was there when all this happened. As a young child, JFK’s assassination taught me that even the President was mortal. And as a teenager, Watergate taught me the President was also fallible.
I think what shocked my family was that he lied... But now, for congress and the president, lying is accepted, individual ethics are no longer even expected.
John Laszek I was a little younger, I think about 8 or so, but I even remember the Senate Watergate Hearings, which were carried on PBS during the day, and then on the networks during the evening hours. I knew it was important, but I did not really understand what it was all about. Young children tend to be very literal, and I remember wondering if all this had to do with a dam of some sort, and then when there was all the focus on the tapes, I thought they were talking about adhesive tape, not tape recordings. I also remember seeing Nixon with the 5 O'clock shadow, and the flop sweat during those speeches, under the lights. I later learned that they had turned the air conditioners on in the Oval Office, so that the temperatures were barely above freezing, in a (vain) effort to control the perspiration on his face. I can also recall that my home state, Massachusetts, had been the only state which Nixon lost in 1972. There were many bumper-stickers over the next 18 months which said, "Massachusetts was right". Knowing what I know now, I have to wonder why such a strongly introverted person would EVER want to enter politics. He hated the small talk, was awkward with crowds, PAINFULLY awkward, and he just could not tell a joke. And his attempts at humor were almost painful to watch. During one press conference, when a reporter asked why Nixon was always so angry with the press, Nixon tried to joke that he was not angry with them, because you can only get angry with people you respect. Needless to say, that attempt at a joke went over like a lead balloon. He would have been better advised to joke about himself, which Jack (and eventually his brother Bobby, who had never had a "leading role" -- he was in the background supporting his brother, but he managed to overcome his own shyness, and find his own voice.) Kennedy was so gifted at self-deprecating humor and it really disarmed the press. It also helped that Kennedy was the first to hold live press conferences, and he was personally friendly with many of the press, because until his brother Joe was killed, Jack had planned to get into journalism and writing. I agree with those who said that Nixon would have been a happier man if he had pursued an academic career, becoming a writer. He was many things, deeply insecure (to the point of paranoia), but he certainly had a great intellect, and could easily have gotten a position at those Ivy League Schools that he despised so much. He was accepted to Yale, but had to turn it down because of family issues -- he had brothers who were quite ill with tuberculosis, for which there was little in the way of effective treatment at that time. But Nixon, envious of the "Eastern Establishment" was certainly successful -- not many manage to get elected President. He achieved all of that, and yet never seemed to enjoy any of it.
John Laszek I have to add that I don't think that I have ever seen another politician perspire so much as Nixon did when making a speech. I once heard that this was a problem even though the temperatures in the Oval Office were lowered to 40 degrees (F) or less.
2:56 Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
Even so his approval ratings would have been low his chief of staff and his attorney general were in on the break in. He wasn’t tainted personally until he ordered the cover up but everyone around him was
@Mr. Caesar Ok, it was intended as a joke, but with you taking it seriously, I'm starting to think maybe there really is a severance package if they fire the president... I'm gonna look into it...
RatKeeperDude everything that doesn’t report trump positively is fake according to trumpcultists Their entire ego is based on trump and is as fragile as him
Modern establishment politicians commit Watergates 20 times over for breakfast. You’d think ghouls like pelosi, Clinton and McConnell would be a little more subtle about it.
President Nixon was the greatest ambassador America ever had with the exception of President Thomas Jefferson. But he was a disaster in domestic policies. The racism that churned at the core of his being led him to make a “War on Drugs” to specifically vilify African Americans (coke) and liberals (weed) in the eyes of the American people. And when he wasn’t doing that, Nixon was derailing the economy in a nigh-irreparable way in his misguided attempts to combat inflation (which wrecked the economy of the 70s in ways President Ford and President Carter get very unfairly blamed for).
Before sending more forces to Vietnam, he once said this about the Vietnamese in one of his secret tapes: “these little brown people. We don’t know them and they don’t know us” No sympathy here for this crook
THIS MAN had guts!!! What a great speech no one could have done better! People could learn alot from this man!!! The news media didn't respect this man as President! One of our greatest Presidents in United States history!!!
Pretty remarkable that Nixon could make this speech as steady and as gracefully as he did. he strove to finish his chapter as a statesman, yet Nixon found himself in this position solely due to his little-warranted paranoia. You don't win 49 states one year and have leaders of your own party tell you 18 months later that you have to go, if you're not guilty. Of course, in Watergate, both Republicans and Democrats held a president to account for what was then a grievous scandal. It still is.
All presidential “scandals” - both parties - have a measure of media hype to them, some more and some less. WaPo was essentially determined to bring Nixon down for this, though in this case there wasn’t a whole lot of exaggeration needed, as the connections to petty crime had made even congressional Republicans want to disassociate from Nixon. That said, this did kick off the run of media-driven unending presidential “investigations”, from the very real Iran-Contra, to the very dubious Iraqgate, to the explosively divisive Russiagate, and now to even more polarizing investigations. I’m not sure this was the best course for this sort of thing to follow I’m also not sure Nixon’s resignation was a good thing for a country that was, rather like now, going through a bout of domestic polarization and global geopolitical weakness. Nixon’s resignation in shame only made the situation worse, and America essentially bottomed out in the middle to late 70s before recovering in the 80s
@@TheLocalLtRome started its downfall in a similar manner. It became an issue that when the leaders left office they were charged with crimes. If you know that’s gonna happen you are less inclined to leave after a loss. It evolves into just abolishing the system that could vote you out. Even with the scandal Nixon was one of the most productive presidents.
@@grt49er Nixon is controversial president though. Mainly his foreign policy. Bombing Vietnam, Cambodia. Helping Pakistan in genocide of Bangladeshis etc.
I respect Nixon for knowing when to admit he's wrong. The fact he could stand before a nation and admit his faults is something that is beyond most of us. Despite Watergate you can tell in this that Nixon was a good guy who genuinly cared about the nation. And only acted out of whay he felt was good for the nation. All and all, his first term atleast, he wasnt a terrible president
He "knew" to admit he was caught, not that he was wrong, and only because the evidence was incontrivertible even to his supporters, hence his loss of the republicans in Congress. He never admitted wrongdoing, even years later when interviewed one of his most famous lines was "when the President does it, it is NOT illegal." He saw the office as placing him above the law. And yeah, he was a masterful statesman and did good, but he threw it all out due to his paranoia, his hatred of "those east coast elites", and his own inferiority complex.
It's crazy to watch Cronkite and his colleague react to Nixon's speech after he gives it, like they knew what he was going to say, but now that it's been given, they don't know what to say or how to react. They both knew they were watching a historic moment, and react as such.
No matter what this man had done to cause his resignation, he always maintained a sense of professionalism and distinguishable behavior. Trump on the other hand, well, I digress to type any further.
This is what a President who abhors the further embarrassment of being FORCED out looks like. The opportunity to put the nation ahead of his own interests had long since come and gone.
Should I quit my job one day, I will take a farewell speech based on the fine-sounding phrases from Nixon's resignation speech. Maybe I will even get promoted as a result.
Despite his dirty deeds in the past; there was a time when the country would have elected him president again if that would have been an option. He realized his failures. I was alive during this time.
Billy Graham was right at Nixon’s funeral when he said Nixon was “one of the most misunderstood men, and I think he was one of the greatest men of the century." Still underrated to this day, all anyone remembers is watergate.
No, we remember a lot of other things. Such as his horrifically racist War on Drugs, also an assault on the 70’s liberals who decidedly were *not* a part of his conservative hate cult. We continuously experience the effects of the Nixonian hate cult ... oh, I mean “social conservatism”... every damn time there is a (somewhat) progressive President. Every time, some demagogue just comes along blowing a dog-whistle as loud as bullhorn, and the good citizens of America dance and sing to his racist tune. Every single time people say “How could America have elected Donald Trump,” I tell them that we’ve *seen* Trump before. Yesterday he was President Ronald Racism Reagan. The day before he was President Richard “Abort if Black and White” Nixon.
@@thedemocraticchristian2348 are you sure your not a hate cult yourself or are you a goody two shoe jimmy carter Christian who just knows what is right, it’s not like people are flawed or have something call complicated people. Nope it’s just black and white and your the angle and we are all the racist bigots. Note you seem to be.
I know Nixon is a commonly hated president within history for Watergate and for some of his policies, yet I don't personally think he started off as corrupt. He put in amazing and progressive policies towards human and animal rights, and managed to help shape modern America into what it is. Plus, with what modern presidents are getting away with, Watergate seems like the equilveant of pushing your brother into a pit of mud at this rate. TL;DR: Nixon wasn't great, but he defientely should be seen more for the incident that ended his run.
Watching today on the anniversary of this date in 1974. Forty-six years ago. I listened to this at the time. This is the first time I have listened again. Truly Nixon's finest hour and I say that without sarcasm. He had very few fine hours.
He had a ton of fine hours - affirmative action. - which was needddd then- the 8(a) program, formed the EPA, triangulated two massive communist countries by strengthening relations with China, got us out of Vietnam and supported the south Vietnamese through arms so they could defend themselves against the communist north.
I was too young to have remembered this speech. Id always heard Nixon was simply a crook and traitor. This makes me realize he did he care about America , even though he had made a lot of mistakes
@@wilsonfisk6626 Carter was just bad. Reagan was pretty good... about the best the republican party is capable of producing. Bush Sr. was decent... Bush W would be the single worst president of all time were it not for Trump. Clinton was fantastic as president (left us with a budget surplus etc). Just a perv and a liar (what politician isn't though) Obama was good. Catered to every republican whim like a total wimp, but a fantastically strong speaker and motivator.
I was referring to Nixon's moral character. Reagan was a good guy who had bad judgment and looked the other way. Trickle down economics, Iran Contra, continued Carter's policy of funding Islamic extremists to fight the Soviets, supporting a genocidal dictator in a war against an extremist government. In retrospect, Bush Sr. wasn't too bad. He did the right thing in Iraq and Panama. Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, and Trump lacked any sense of morality.
@@wilsonfisk6626 Clinton and Bush Jr lacked morality, but Bush Jr 1000 times more so. Bush Jr is certifiably evil, whereas I have great respect for Clinton. No comparison. How is Obama immoral? Deportations, drone strikes? What are you referring to, I don't understand. And Trump is literally 9 trillion times as immoral as any president in history, so it's simply absurd to put his name in that same sentence.
@@brianbernstein3826 Obama was almost as bad as Bush Jr.. Obama is responsible for destroying Syria and Libya. Overthrowing stable, secular, albeit autocratic governments in the Middle East is immoral. The world is paying for Obama, Bush, Tony Blair, and David Cameron's mistakes today.
This is a long way away from what we deal with today. Frankly it’s sad to see how far American has fallen. Dark days for the nation and the world. I hope that changes, I really do.
@@randomizer01j23 They knew they had no grounds to impeach him, it was just a publicity stunt to make the public think he deserved to be impeached. It worked well during their takeover.
Actually, President Nixon was at war with the media throughout his Presidency. Very early on, he had his Vice President Spiro Agnew unleash a vicious tirade against the media on an evening broadcast.
Actually Nixon was a great president with terrific foreign policy. This entire Watergate incident was very unfortunate and Nixon's resignation was heartbreaking at the time. History has proven Nixon was actually a very good and competent president at the time. I commend Nixon for resigning rather than going through the entire impeachment process. Nixon exited gracefully, I do not see President Trump doing this at all.
kris B I'm a democrat and I agree that Nixon was a very competent president. Nixon was an angel compared to this monster, sorry excuse of a human being in the Oval Office. We are slowly turning into a dictatorship.
kris B I disagree. I hate that orange clown trump too. But I also hate Nixon. He started the infamous war on drugs causing thousands of lives and millions/billions of dollars to be wasted on a useless never ending war
I'm honestly shocked that a lot of archive footage like this doesn't allow comments, at least from big name media accounts. I'm glad this one does, but it sucks not being able to discuss this stuff on other videos.
I finished Robert Woodward's book about Trump "Rage" last month and decided to read "The Final Days", his second book about Nixon. Compared to our 45th President, Richard Nixon comes across as a great man. It's downright shocking to read about how Washington was just 45 years ago, where politicians were not bitter partisans but all part of the same government working for all of us.
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lol trump is way better than Nixon are you high old man?
There weren't hucksters like Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich to do what they did in the 90s. Also there were politicians who weren't afraid to walk across the floor to the other side to hammer out differences.
'Eternally Grateful'... God Forgives All Sins, No Matter What. Nixon was, above all, a Good man. RIP, Our Country Will Persevere. Count On It. We Will 'Dare Greatly'. This was a time when the media was impartial, and dignified. The way it was always meant to be, but has 'morphed' into something very different (for the better and the very worst). Woodword and Bernstein ushered in a 'new age' of journalism that is both eye opening, and unforgiving. I miss Edward, Walter, Dan, Barbara and the first generation of news anchors. They were one of a kind, period, end of story. God Bless. Let Us All Be More Human, and Love One Another. ❤
@Donald J. Trump, 45th POTUS I didn't vote for Trump or Biden, but I love watching all the Trumpies freak out about Biden getting into office. Shut up, Trumpies! IT"S OVER! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember watching this speech live when it took place and was really shocked by what I was seeing. We sure could use a man like Nixon now "particularly at this time with the problems we face at home and abroad". I guess I could say I saw history in the making. He was one of our best Presidents.
The Whitehouse dinner for POWs he helped get released.(may have got more out if not for Watergate) Detente with Russia, and China, EPA, endorsed ERA, Philadelphia Plan, OSHA, desegregated schools, after the Ghana meeting introduced MLK to Eisenhower as VP, his work with CORE, funded Floyd Mckissick's Soul City project, his work with Robert J Brown, and laid the groundwork for Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act for BIA recognized Native American Tribes. He did some good things.
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They cut Nixon's first sentence: _"I REALLY did not want to make this video.."_
He also forgot the common sigh
and trying to regain composure after finishing crying
and kissing his dog
Probably the most he ever spoke in the past 10 years.
I don't know, I just watched a full archive of this speech, which includes a part when he casually talks and jokes with staff members before it's live, and we don't hear him say this sentence. What was cut is the very begining of the speech, where he says _"Good evening. The is the 37th time I have spoken to your from the office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation. Each time, I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believed affected the nationnal interest."_
I heard that some people remember saw him crying on TV before/after that speech, and there's nothing like this in the archived video either, so I'm actually perplexed. Does anyone has any source video of this?
RUclipsr apology videos in the 70's were weird, man.
There was no setting up the camera and crying at the beginning so he's a bad RUclipsr
Didn’t even sigh at the beginning
I got you up too 666 likes.
Its ok man I get the joke and I find it funny.
@@blakeschumacher3871 it wasnt
The fanciest way a person could have said "you can't fire me, I already quit!"
Sounds similar to the American involvement in Vietnam too.
"You can't defeat me, I pulled my troops out!"
Jeremiah Saquing
Also the handiwork of Nixon. Lmao
@ッGalacthicc So is Germany
@ッGalacthicc the crap why you joking about war my great uncle died in vietnam by a mortar shot smh
@ッGalacthicc cant you?
If Nixon could only see what politicians get away with today in America.
“They did what now?”
- Former President Nixon, 2020
Yeah like Obama spying on the Trump campaign using a deceitfully obtained fisa warrant which is basically the same that Nixon did.
@@jimb6554 I want some evidence
@@jimb6554 he spied on his camping because they were having dealings with foreign powers, be was right to do so as it was a risk of national section
I bet he was punching the air during the Iran contra affair
"I made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgement"
Lol
2:56 is where he said the famous words in this speech
solidsnake4214 that’s exactly what I came to the comments for😂 thank you
they aren't famous though
@@pixeled9683 uhh it was very historical bro do you know anything about history?
@@pixeled9683 yes they are
@@pixeled9683 Yes it is
I was there when all this happened. As a young child, JFK’s assassination taught me that even the President was mortal. And as a teenager, Watergate taught me the President was also fallible.
@GodsOutlaw1964 👍👍👍👍
Wow this is a powerful comment.. thank you
Even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.
@@thefinal9923 ?
I think what shocked my family was that he lied... But now, for congress and the president, lying is accepted, individual ethics are no longer even expected.
I was only eight years old, but I remember watching that speech.
rikerdodger Dick made his speech 19 days (resignation effective 18 days) before my 13th birthday.
John Laszek I was a little younger, I think about 8 or so, but I even remember the Senate Watergate Hearings, which were carried on PBS during the day, and then on the networks during the evening hours.
I knew it was important, but I did not really understand what it was all about. Young children tend to be very literal, and I remember wondering if all this had to do with a dam of some sort, and then when there was all the focus on the tapes, I thought they were talking about adhesive tape, not tape recordings.
I also remember seeing Nixon with the 5 O'clock shadow, and the flop sweat during those speeches, under the lights. I later learned that they had turned the air conditioners on in the Oval Office, so that the temperatures were barely above freezing, in a (vain) effort to control the perspiration on his face.
I can also recall that my home state, Massachusetts, had been the only state which Nixon lost in 1972. There were many bumper-stickers over the next 18 months which said, "Massachusetts was right".
Knowing what I know now, I have to wonder why such a strongly introverted person would EVER want to enter politics. He hated the small talk, was awkward with crowds, PAINFULLY awkward, and he just could not tell a joke. And his attempts at humor were almost painful to watch.
During one press conference, when a reporter asked why Nixon was always so angry with the press, Nixon tried to joke that he was not angry with them, because you can only get angry with people you respect. Needless to say, that attempt at a joke went over like a lead balloon.
He would have been better advised to joke about himself, which Jack (and eventually his brother Bobby, who had never had a "leading role" -- he was in the background supporting his brother, but he managed to overcome his own shyness, and find his own voice.) Kennedy was so gifted at self-deprecating humor and it really disarmed the press.
It also helped that Kennedy was the first to hold live press conferences, and he was personally friendly with many of the press, because until his brother Joe was killed, Jack had planned to get into journalism and writing.
I agree with those who said that Nixon would have been a happier man if he had pursued an academic career, becoming a writer. He was many things, deeply insecure (to the point of paranoia), but he certainly had a great intellect, and could easily have gotten a position at those Ivy League Schools that he despised so much.
He was accepted to Yale, but had to turn it down because of family issues -- he had brothers who were quite ill with tuberculosis, for which there was little in the way of effective treatment at that time.
But Nixon, envious of the "Eastern Establishment" was certainly successful -- not many manage to get elected President. He achieved all of that, and yet never seemed to enjoy any of it.
John Laszek
I have to add that I don't think that I have ever seen another politician perspire so much as Nixon did when making a speech. I once heard that this was a problem even though the temperatures in the Oval Office were lowered to 40 degrees (F) or less.
I was 4 years old and i don't remember. 😀
You must be old
*Boy, it’s been a hot second..*
I’m sorry Mr. Former president. I know it was painful
I know Richard Nixon is gay.
Mr. Nixon I am your 1# fan
Rip
@@thepredator4711 be careful of who you are replying to
2:56 Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.
Imagine every single American president since Nixon saying that
I read this just as he said it
@@CRenggi Gerald Ford is still vice president?
@@VEE0034 he did became vice president in 1973-1974 but he became president after nixon resigned
He said effectEVE is it just how people spoke in 1974 or did he mistake
If Nixon had simply not ordered the cover-up and let the FBI do its job, he would have served out his Presidency.
Things aren't that simple my friend.
He could have also been in jail...so it was better for him that he resign and eat good food at home
LoL He didn't order a "coverup", the break-in is still an unsolved "crime" and the FBI was in on it!
@@jackmetei7960 Why would you want a president to go to jail?
Even so his approval ratings would have been low his chief of staff and his attorney general were in on the break in. He wasn’t tainted personally until he ordered the cover up but everyone around him was
This is the OG RUclips apology video
He did it. It was resign or be fired.
What is you're profile picture😂
How big is the severance package for the presidency?! Shouldn't he have let them fire him...?
@Mr. Caesar Ok, it was intended as a joke, but with you taking it seriously, I'm starting to think maybe there really is a severance package if they fire the president... I'm gonna look into it...
@@monke8773 what is your grammar?
He did it to save the country from any further damage. He put America first.
Who else is watching this almost *45* years later? ;)
not me
Me
Me!!!!
Well given current events... me
Watching it as trump gets impeached 🙌🙌
If Richard had only known the term “fake news” 🤔
It wouldn't have worked in 1974 because the News wasn't Fake back then. Now, the NY Times and CNN really is Fake News.
@@maxmin4831 what about the Washington Post?
RatKeeperDude everything that doesn’t report trump positively is fake according to trumpcultists
Their entire ego is based on trump and is as fragile as him
Max Min
and the washington post and
Newsweak
Is cnn fake though
man was a saint compared to today.
william mosco ikr
Read bob Woodward’s new book THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENTS MEN. These guys were really dirty!
You got that right. Morals and politics don't go together today in ALL in Washington
william mosco nah
Watergate is just normal now.
Today. I see this as so quaint. His crimes now seem like nothing more than jay walking.
Modern establishment politicians commit Watergates 20 times over for breakfast. You’d think ghouls like pelosi, Clinton and McConnell would be a little more subtle about it.
@@tezmard3003 perfectly said
You got that right man.
Those were simply saner times!
I feel bad, he was so passionate for being president. He wanted to be a good one, that one mistake destroyed his entire career.
Liberal here but you are so right. He did do a lot of good. Opened up dialogue with Mao and China.
President Nixon was the greatest ambassador America ever had with the exception of President Thomas Jefferson.
But he was a disaster in domestic policies. The racism that churned at the core of his being led him to make a “War on Drugs” to specifically vilify African Americans (coke) and liberals (weed) in the eyes of the American people.
And when he wasn’t doing that, Nixon was derailing the economy in a nigh-irreparable way in his misguided attempts to combat inflation (which wrecked the economy of the 70s in ways President Ford and President Carter get very unfairly blamed for).
Before sending more forces to Vietnam, he once said this about the Vietnamese in one of his secret tapes: “these little brown people. We don’t know them and they don’t know us”
No sympathy here for this crook
Yes wish the best for the crook who decided that robbing people as president is a good idea
ehhhhh
It’s ok bud I know the feeling
I have to give this speech as accurately as I can, so I am gonna stay up for 18 hours and cry a little before giving the speech.
Did it go well?
@@jaimemenjivar8044 I think he got impeached
Snazzy Snazzer Gryphon LOL
@@snazzysnazzergryphon8550 No, he didn't want to be impeached, so he resigned
Please clarify! Are you resigning or is it a homework? Because if you're resigning, I'm not sure this exact speech is the way to go...
This recording was recorded while they recorded this recording...
This statement is on record.
wut
Wut
Is there another recording of this as well
@@46thamericanpresident23 thanks Mr. President for visiting us
What do you mean
I was a small boy when this happened. My dad made me sit down and watch it. I didn't understand what was going on then.
I was only 11, but I remember how big of a story this was
Trump is worst
Yes me too. I was also 11.
@@rastonvalmond6809 DUHH TRUMP!;?!?::
@Raston Valmond nah Biden is
@@rastonvalmond6809dur orange man bad
THIS MAN had guts!!! What a great speech no one could have done better! People could learn alot from this man!!! The news media didn't respect this man as President! One of our greatest Presidents in United States history!!!
Pretty remarkable that Nixon could make this speech as steady and as gracefully as he did. he strove to finish his chapter as a statesman, yet Nixon found himself in this position solely due to his little-warranted paranoia. You don't win 49 states one year and have leaders of your own party tell you 18 months later that you have to go, if you're not guilty. Of course, in Watergate, both Republicans and Democrats held a president to account for what was then a grievous scandal. It still is.
and yet, here we are, years later and Democrats get away with it no problem.
@@carl5381you’re kidding right
All presidential “scandals” - both parties - have a measure of media hype to them, some more and some less. WaPo was essentially determined to bring Nixon down for this, though in this case there wasn’t a whole lot of exaggeration needed, as the connections to petty crime had made even congressional Republicans want to disassociate from Nixon.
That said, this did kick off the run of media-driven unending presidential “investigations”, from the very real Iran-Contra, to the very dubious Iraqgate, to the explosively divisive Russiagate, and now to even more polarizing investigations. I’m not sure this was the best course for this sort of thing to follow
I’m also not sure Nixon’s resignation was a good thing for a country that was, rather like now, going through a bout of domestic polarization and global geopolitical weakness. Nixon’s resignation in shame only made the situation worse, and America essentially bottomed out in the middle to late 70s before recovering in the 80s
@@TheLocalLtRome started its downfall in a similar manner. It became an issue that when the leaders left office they were charged with crimes. If you know that’s gonna happen you are less inclined to leave after a loss. It evolves into just abolishing the system that could vote you out. Even with the scandal Nixon was one of the most productive presidents.
@@grt49er Nixon is controversial president though. Mainly his foreign policy. Bombing Vietnam, Cambodia. Helping Pakistan in genocide of Bangladeshis etc.
If only Forrest Gump hadn’t called the front desk.
I respect Nixon for knowing when to admit he's wrong. The fact he could stand before a nation and admit his faults is something that is beyond most of us. Despite Watergate you can tell in this that Nixon was a good guy who genuinly cared about the nation. And only acted out of whay he felt was good for the nation. All and all, his first term atleast, he wasnt a terrible president
Richard Nixon is and was the man
@@kryptonitespider-bitedynam7305 Yes, Yes he was
He "knew" to admit he was caught, not that he was wrong, and only because the evidence was incontrivertible even to his supporters, hence his loss of the republicans in Congress. He never admitted wrongdoing, even years later when interviewed one of his most famous lines was "when the President does it, it is NOT illegal." He saw the office as placing him above the law. And yeah, he was a masterful statesman and did good, but he threw it all out due to his paranoia, his hatred of "those east coast elites", and his own inferiority complex.
@@kryptonitespider-bitedynam7305 lol no, no he wasn't nor is he.
I can totally see what you mean by 'he was a "good man". But please understand this, "good" is not who we are but what we do.
It's crazy to watch Cronkite and his colleague react to Nixon's speech after he gives it, like they knew what he was going to say, but now that it's been given, they don't know what to say or how to react. They both knew they were watching a historic moment, and react as such.
Well, they helped author it by cranking out communist propaganda for 5 years and trying to get him impeached, so that's probably what you're seeing.
@@amaxamon He was removed by his own doing
2:56 here are the magic words
lol
At least he knew when to quit.
No matter what this man had done to cause his resignation, he always maintained a sense of professionalism and distinguishable behavior. Trump on the other hand, well, I digress to type any further.
Trump was pretty much the same
Trump has maintained twice that dignity and sense of professionalism
@@GRasputin91 What dignity has Trump maintained?
@@youtubeaccount2133 More tremendous, the best, believe me. Right.
Trump had no professionalism
Wow this is what a real president sounds like. Puts america first
And who knows when he's lost and took it with dignity
Yup.
This is what a President who abhors the further embarrassment of being FORCED out looks like. The opportunity to put the nation ahead of his own interests had long since come and gone.
He knew he would have been impeached and removed he knew the votes.
At the end of it all he was a man and owned it. No lying, no malice, no anger or deflection
At least he’s not the worst president
Yeah that’s Andrew Jackson
@@agentmoron747 no
Yeah, that's Obama.
@Kelly 22 Buchanan was worse
Should I quit my job one day, I will take a farewell speech based on the fine-sounding phrases from Nixon's resignation speech. Maybe I will even get promoted as a result.
Despite his dirty deeds in the past; there was a time when the country would have elected him president again if that would have been an option. He realized his failures. I was alive during this time.
What dirty deeds? Check out any credible historian instead of journalists, it was all "fake news".
@@amaxamon Go read about watergate and quit being a snowflake.
@@firemangan2731 don’t forgot to mention the war on drugs
I bet most ppl would have him rather then carter
Haha, i was never part of a scandal.
You DID chop THAT cherry tree down...
Billy Graham was right at Nixon’s funeral when he said Nixon was “one of the most misunderstood men, and I think he was one of the greatest men of the century." Still underrated to this day, all anyone remembers is watergate.
No, we remember a lot of other things. Such as his horrifically racist War on Drugs, also an assault on the 70’s liberals who decidedly were *not* a part of his conservative hate cult.
We continuously experience the effects of the Nixonian hate cult ... oh, I mean “social conservatism”... every damn time there is a (somewhat) progressive President. Every time, some demagogue just comes along blowing a dog-whistle as loud as bullhorn, and the good citizens of America dance and sing to his racist tune.
Every single time people say “How could America have elected Donald Trump,” I tell them that we’ve *seen* Trump before. Yesterday he was President Ronald Racism Reagan. The day before he was President Richard “Abort if Black and White” Nixon.
@@thedemocraticchristian2348 are you sure your not a hate cult yourself or are you a goody two shoe jimmy carter Christian who just knows what is right, it’s not like people are flawed or have something call complicated people. Nope it’s just black and white and your the angle and we are all the racist bigots. Note you seem to be.
@@brandonarena5597 you spelled “ you’re “ wrong lmao
How come? Can you provide some arguments for this claim? I am genuinely interested how this guy was "one of the greatest men of the century"
@@sarac.3568 Exactly I wanna know too
I know Nixon is a commonly hated president within history for Watergate and for some of his policies, yet I don't personally think he started off as corrupt. He put in amazing and progressive policies towards human and animal rights, and managed to help shape modern America into what it is. Plus, with what modern presidents are getting away with, Watergate seems like the equilveant of pushing your brother into a pit of mud at this rate.
TL;DR: Nixon wasn't great, but he defientely should be seen more for the incident that ended his run.
Nixon had more grace in this speech than Governor Cuomo in his resignation speech today.
God, after Trump and Clinton, this guy comes accross as sincere and idealistic, and of course , decent...
God Is Great
Watching today on the anniversary of this date in 1974. Forty-six years ago. I listened to this at the time. This is the first time I have listened again. Truly Nixon's finest hour and I say that without sarcasm. He had very few fine hours.
Really it was seen as that?
@@shaheedharun445sure.... By all the people who hated him...
He had a ton of fine hours - affirmative action. - which was needddd then- the 8(a) program, formed the EPA, triangulated two massive communist countries by strengthening relations with China, got us out of Vietnam and supported the south Vietnamese through arms so they could defend themselves against the communist north.
They used an actual speech before teleprompters were in use.
2019 and I’m watching this.
It’s 2020 and I’m watching this
@@moonraytheeevee3272 2020 doesn't count! We are all watching EVERYTHING...! Back in 2019 on the other hand, people had lives...
Who else is here after Trump's first post since his Twitter suspension?
Me
@@vedaandchristyruiz9872 hes banned for life from 🐦
@@kascnefnot a bad move.
😂
Moi
The og apology video
Uploaded almost exactly 40 years after Nixon delivered the address itself.
At least, he was able to critisize himself and did a self analysis.
criticize
Trump's farewell speech brought me here.
He had two options impeachment or resignation he chose the right option in my opinion.
This is what Brad and Janet are listening to in the car in Rocky Horror
This is how you make an apology video
I was too young to have remembered this speech. Id always heard Nixon was simply a crook and traitor. This makes me realize he did he care about America , even though he had made a lot of mistakes
He was a good man from humble beginnings
he looks so fierce and serious
Trump couldn’t even spell half the words in this speech. He’d think “Watergate” was a plan to keep out scuba diving Mexicans.
Nixon was a saint compared to his successors, with the exception of Ford and Carter.
@@wilsonfisk6626
Carter was just bad.
Reagan was pretty good... about the best the republican party is capable of producing.
Bush Sr. was decent... Bush W would be the single worst president of all time were it not for Trump.
Clinton was fantastic as president (left us with a budget surplus etc). Just a perv and a liar (what politician isn't though)
Obama was good. Catered to every republican whim like a total wimp, but a fantastically strong speaker and motivator.
I was referring to Nixon's moral character. Reagan was a good guy who had bad judgment and looked the other way. Trickle down economics, Iran Contra, continued Carter's policy of funding Islamic extremists to fight the Soviets, supporting a genocidal dictator in a war against an extremist government. In retrospect, Bush Sr. wasn't too bad. He did the right thing in Iraq and Panama.
Clinton, Bush Jr., Obama, and Trump lacked any sense of morality.
@@wilsonfisk6626 Clinton and Bush Jr lacked morality, but Bush Jr 1000 times more so. Bush Jr is certifiably evil, whereas I have great respect for Clinton. No comparison.
How is Obama immoral? Deportations, drone strikes? What are you referring to, I don't understand.
And Trump is literally 9 trillion times as immoral as any president in history, so it's simply absurd to put his name in that same sentence.
@@brianbernstein3826 Obama was almost as bad as Bush Jr.. Obama is responsible for destroying Syria and Libya. Overthrowing stable, secular, albeit autocratic governments in the Middle East is immoral. The world is paying for Obama, Bush, Tony Blair, and David Cameron's mistakes today.
This is a long way away from what we deal with today. Frankly it’s sad to see how far American has fallen.
Dark days for the nation and the world. I hope that changes, I really do.
Just found out today this was given at Disney world. Nixon is truly a legend
Wrong. His "I am not a crook" speech was given at Disney world. This was given from the white house
Can't wait for the upcoming sequel, "Resignation Speech 2" by Joe Biden 😊
The first ever apology video
Worlds first apology video
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who’s here during the Democrats proposal to impeach Trump.
@@randomizer01j23 They knew they had no grounds to impeach him, it was just a publicity stunt to make the public think he deserved to be impeached. It worked well during their takeover.
I’d vote for him.
To say that his resignation speech was his "finest hour" is a big hint on how the press hated Nixon.
He didn’t resign, he was impeached. Hello!
When presidents were man enough to own up for their mistakes rather than bash media by calling it “fake news”
That was also when American news channel weren't complete nonsense. By American standards showing only the facts you like is considered news.
Actually, President Nixon was at war with the media throughout his Presidency. Very early on, he had his Vice President Spiro Agnew unleash a vicious tirade against the media on an evening broadcast.
It’s unfortunate we don’t have presidents like Richard Nixon
To quote a great Jedi named Count Dooku "Corruption like yours must be eradicated!"
Now its trumps turn
I love this man! I assume I always will!😗
this guy actually had the balls to resign unlike dump
And was a way better president than Creepy Joe
Actually Nixon was a great president with terrific foreign policy. This entire Watergate incident was very unfortunate and Nixon's resignation was heartbreaking at the time. History has proven Nixon was actually a very good and competent president at the time. I commend Nixon for resigning rather than going through the entire impeachment process. Nixon exited gracefully, I do not see President Trump doing this at all.
kris B I'm a democrat and I agree that Nixon was a very competent president. Nixon was an angel compared to this monster, sorry excuse of a human being in the Oval Office. We are slowly turning into a dictatorship.
kris B I disagree. I hate that orange clown trump too. But I also hate Nixon. He started the infamous war on drugs causing thousands of lives and millions/billions of dollars to be wasted on a useless never ending war
Terrific Foreign policy,does that include almost attacking a country who wanted to stay neutral during USA's stupid cold war with Soviet Union ?
What crime has Trump committed?
kris B trump won’t be impeached and he won’t resign 2020 and 2024 is his for the taking😬😬👌🏻👌🏻
Trump is the chosen one👀😬
President Trump should follow his lead and resign immediately he has caused this country great harm
He can’t resign now. He leaves office in two days.
Beautiful moment
I'm honestly shocked that a lot of archive footage like this doesn't allow comments, at least from big name media accounts. I'm glad this one does, but it sucks not being able to discuss this stuff on other videos.
Louis C.K. for sure didn’t bring me here
Ok he did
Nixon deserves an apology
He will be vindicated one day inshallah
When does he say "Arroooooooo"?
BroItHarder 🤣🤣🤣
At least Nixon accepted what had happened to him since 1972. Trump on the other hand didn’t even try to feel sorry for his actions.
Apologize and be devoured
Why is this in my recommendation after the election xD
My parents never forgave Nixon. But January 6, 2021 made Nixon in my view look less like a villain.
I turned 8 years old on that day.
I finished Robert Woodward's book about Trump "Rage" last month and decided to read "The Final Days", his second book about Nixon. Compared to our 45th President, Richard Nixon comes across as a great man. It's downright shocking to read about how Washington was just 45 years ago, where politicians were not bitter partisans but all part of the same government working for all of us.
lol trump is way better than Nixon are you high old man?
Millhouse Nixon has the courage to let it go
There weren't hucksters like Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich to do what they did in the 90s.
Also there were politicians who weren't afraid to walk across the floor to the other side to hammer out differences.
50 years ago.
Nixon put country before self.
🤣
'Eternally Grateful'...
God Forgives All Sins, No Matter What. Nixon was, above all, a Good man. RIP, Our Country Will Persevere.
Count On It. We Will 'Dare Greatly'.
This was a time when the media was impartial, and dignified. The way it was always meant to be, but has
'morphed' into something very different (for the better and the very worst). Woodword and Bernstein ushered in a 'new age' of journalism that is both eye opening, and unforgiving. I miss Edward, Walter, Dan, Barbara and the first generation of news anchors. They were one of a kind, period, end of story.
God Bless.
Let Us All Be More Human, and Love
One Another. ❤
lol hilarious how youtube recommends this after the insurrection.
I leave no bitterness for those who opposed me .. truly a magmnious man
"There is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged. 1:09
Makes no sense
50 years ago today
2019 ? Anyone
I am
No 2020
2020
2020
Wow his cartoon accent in Futurama is pretty spot on
At least Richard Nixon had the good sense to resign from being US President. If only President Trump had the good sense to do the same.
@Donald J. Trump, 45th POTUS How'd that go for you?
@Donald J. Trump, 45th POTUS I didn't vote for Trump or Biden, but I love watching all the Trumpies freak out about Biden getting into office. Shut up, Trumpies! IT"S OVER! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 years to the day… Where have all the good times gone ?
He was too good for this country
He was too good at corruption,nobody touched him in the country
Here totally coincidentally on the 50th anniversary. I randomly googled his “not a crook” speech after seeing a feed of his 1960 debate with Kennedy.
i cant imagine tru,p giving a speech like dis😅
tru,p
I can
whos tru,p
We need a similar speech from Joe "Big Guy" Biden
Much better to hear this man speak than DT.
I didn/t noticed that DT resigned on his own.
I remember watching this speech live when it took place and was really shocked by what I was seeing. We sure could use a man like Nixon now "particularly at this time with the problems we face at home and abroad". I guess I could say I saw history in the making. He was one of our best Presidents.
How sad. He was such a great president, but he was undermined that one giant Watergate scandal.
Demon-rats...AT IT BACK THEN TOO. Just like they tired to do to president TRUMP. WATERGATE IS ON CLINTONS.
Mr Review Guy I’m sorry a great what?
The Whitehouse dinner for POWs he helped get released.(may have got more out if not for Watergate) Detente with Russia, and China, EPA, endorsed ERA, Philadelphia Plan, OSHA, desegregated schools, after the Ghana meeting introduced MLK to Eisenhower as VP, his work with CORE, funded Floyd Mckissick's Soul City project, his work with Robert J Brown, and laid the groundwork for Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act for BIA recognized Native American Tribes. He did some good things.
Yeah if he didn't have Watergate happen he'd be a decent president
Thanks Louis