2:57:03
And then,
you destroy yourself.
2:57:08
And so we leave with high hopes
and good spirits...
2:57:11
...and with deep humility.
2:57:13
And I say to each
and every one of you...
2:57:15
...not only will we always
remember you...
2:57:18
...but always you will be...
2:57:20
...in our hearts.
2:57:23
And you'll be...
2:57:25
...in our prayers.
2:57:27
And only then will you find
what we Quakers call...
2:57:31
"peace at the center".
2:57:47
He gave of
himself with intelligence and energy...
2:57:51
...and devotion to duty.
2:57:53
Richard Nixon was buried
and honored by five presidents...
2:57:56
...on April 26, 1994...
2:57:59
...less than a year after his
beloved wife, Pat, had died.
2:58:04
Nixon always maintained that
if he had not been driven from office...
2:58:07
...the North Vietnamese would not
have overwhelmed the South in 1975.
2:58:12
In a sideshow, Cambodian society was
destroyed and mass genocide resulted.
2:58:17
The second half of the 20th century...
2:58:19
...will be known
as the age of Nixon.
2:58:22
In his absence,
Russia and the United States returned...
2:58:24
...to a decade of high-budget
military expansion and near war.
2:58:28
Nixon, who was pardoned
by President Ford...
2:58:31
...lived to write six books...
2:58:34
...and travel the world
as an elder statesman.
2:58:37
For the remainder of his life...
2:58:39
...he fought successfully
to protect his tapes.
2:58:42
The National Archives
spent 14 years...
2:58:44
...indexing and cataloging them.
2:58:46
Out of 4,000 hours,
60 hours have been made public.