“The bastards have never been bombed like they’re going to be bombed this time.”

Richard Nixon (1913 to 1994), during the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States (1969-74), who, faced with almost certain impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, became the first American president to resign from office.

He was also vice president (1953-61) under Dwight D. Eisenhower, a former US Army general.