Richard Nixon: “Let our aim be not victory over other peoples but the victory of all mankind over hunger, want, misery, and disease…”

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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.

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