Richard Nixon: “The bill I have signed will not reclaim those wetlands which have been lost.”

A strong America is essential to maintaining world peace.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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…

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.