As you leave public office, you can do so with the knowledge that you have served your President, your country, and your fellow citizens with the highest skill and devotion, just as you did for more than five years under President Eisenhower.
Letter Accepting the Resignation of Maurice H. Stans as Secretary of Commerce.
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This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.
This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.
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