Richard Nixon: “On this Armed Forces Day over a million American servicemen and women stand ready, as always, to defend our freedom.”

As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace…

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…