Richard Nixon: “It has become rather fashionable to run down the career servant; and sometimes, I must say, the career servant, like the…”

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon…

It is only a beginning, always.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.