Richard Nixon: “This represents a giant stride forward.”

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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

I have never been a quitter.