Richard Nixon: “You will have, of course, the total commitment of government, and that is what the signing of this bill now does.”

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

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.

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…