Richard Nixon: “I am today vetoing two bills the Congress has passed that would spend nearly $1 billion more than my budget…”

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

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

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…