Richard Nixon: “The proposed reorganization is a necessary step in upgrading the effectiveness of our Nation’s drug law enforcement…”

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

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…