Richard Nixon: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to come here in this way.”

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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…