That's why character cannot be separated from competence. The president's remarkable ability to compartmentalize scandal, to seal it off, is not a strength, much as it might appear to be. In the end it is a weakness. Someday somebody is bound to open the door. Researchers yet unborn will pore over the dusty archives some day and find it.
Character is also destiny.
The first president to live in this house from where I now address you prayed that none but the honest and wise would rule under its roof. I am aware that other presidents have failed to live up to that standard, but that does not excuse my conduct. I have reached the conclusion that nothing would become me in office like my leaving it. Therefore I am submitting my resignation as soon as I have assured an orderly transition. May he always bless America.