Listening to the Presidency / Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Explore audio recordings along with contextual materials from the Richard Nixon administration. Miller Center scholars have selected and edited each recording to help visitors gain insights into the presidency. 

 

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Portrait of Richard Nixon
American President

Learn more about Richard Nixon, his early life, and his presidential administration.
Nixon pointing at a map of Cambodia
November 3, 1969: Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam

President Nixon assures the American people that he is taking all necessary measures to push towards peace and end the Vietnam War. He does not advocate withdrawing troops, but instead negotiating peace.
President Nixon meets with his advisors
“Everybody Bugs Everybody Else”

When the Watergate investigation exposed Republican efforts to bug the offices of Democratic National Headquarters during the 1972 campaign, President Nixon toyed with the idea of revealing that he, too, had been the victim of a bugging operation.
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The Pentagon
Richard M. Nixon
'But It’s a Pentagon Study, Huh?'
Richard M. Nixon | Alexander M. “Al” Haig Jr.
Daniel Ellsberg
Richard M. Nixon
'Our Strong Suspicion Is It’s Dan Ellsberg'
Richard M. Nixon | Alexander M. “Al” Haig Jr. | William P. “Bill” Rogers
President Nixon on telephone
Richard M. Nixon
'Hell, They’re Our Enemies'
Richard M. Nixon | John N. Mitchell | Henry A. Kissinger
President Nixon at desk
Richard M. Nixon
'Our Track Record’s Pretty Stinky'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman | Ronald L. “Ron” Ziegler | Charles W. “Chuck” Colson
President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger talk as they stand at an Oval Office window.
Richard M. Nixon
'Blow the Safe and Get It'
Richard M. Nixon | Henry A. Kissinger
President Nixon talking to Haldeman
Richard M. Nixon
'I Want the Brookings Institute Safe Cleaned Out'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
H.R. "Bob" Haldeman
Richard M. Nixon
'I Really Need a Son of a Bitch'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
President Nixon and Haldeman on Air Force One
Richard M. Nixon
'You Need a Team'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
President Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Horrible Things
Richard M. Nixon
President Nixon in Oval Office
Richard M. Nixon
'The Jews Are Born Spies'
Richard M. Nixon | Ronald L. “Ron” Ziegler | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
Nixon's Enemies List
Richard M. Nixon
'They're After Dan Schorr'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
Senator Ted Kennedy and President Nixon.
Richard M. Nixon
'Our Former CIA Operative, Howard Hunt'
Richard M. Nixon | Charles W. “Chuck” Colson
The United States Supreme Court in 1973; William H. Rehnquist is standing on the right side of the photo
Richard M. Nixon
'One Last Bit of Advice'
Richard M. Nixon | William H. Rehnquist
President Nixon with Ted Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
'Finance a Little Kennedy Write-In'
Richard M. Nixon | Charles W. “Chuck” Colson
Pres. Nixon and Haldeman on Air Force One
Richard M. Nixon
'I Want the Goddamn Funds'
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman
President Nixon with copies of edited White House transcripts
Richard M. Nixon
The Smoking Gun
Richard M. Nixon | H. R. “Bob” Haldeman