Richard Nixon: “In accordance with Senate Concurrent Resolution 67 of the 90th Congress, I am pleased to transmit this annual report…”

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…

My mother was a saint.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

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