Richard Nixon: “I say it's time we took a new look at the draft—at the question of permanent conscription in a free society.”

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

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…

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