Richard Nixon: “I again ordered that all persons in the Government or at the Re-Election Committee should cooperate fully with the FBI…”

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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…

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.