Richard Nixon: “It is essential that we maintain the strength that made negotiations possible.”

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.