Richard Nixon: “I call upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such week with…”

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

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…

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