Richard Nixon: “In our discussion last week with Neil McElroy, I requested the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to…”

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

It is only a beginning, always.

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…

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.