Richard Nixon: “We will never forget the reception we had in Boston on this 29th day of September.”

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.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

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

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.