Richard Nixon: “I simply want you to know that I have great confidence in you.”

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

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…

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.