Richard Nixon: “All will remember this splendid banquet, the delightful music, the new friendships that we have made with our Soviet…”

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

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…