Richard Nixon: “This law is closely modeled on the recommendations I submitted to the Congress in February of 1971.”

It is only a beginning, always.

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 do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.