See U.S. president Richard M. Nixon speaking about the Watergate scandal

PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON: . . . in all of my years of public life, I have never profited--never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have 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's a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.