Richard Nixon: “I do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 8, 1972, as National School Lunch Week”

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

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…

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.