Richard Nixon: “I have read with great personal regret your February 17 letter advising me of your decision to leave the National…”

My mother was a saint.

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…

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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