Richard Nixon: “This future can be the brightest that the world has ever seen”

We will see you again.

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 did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.