Richard Nixon: “Practices of that kind do not represent what I believe government should be, or what I believe politics should be.”

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

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…

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