Richard Nixon: “I HAVE signed today two bills which will expand and reform pension payments and compensation benefits for America's…”

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

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…

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.