Richard Nixon: “Our real new frontier lies, not in fragmenting the Nation's interests but in uniting the national purpose.”

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

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…

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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