Richard Nixon: “I am delighted that he is going to work with Mr. Helms in this capacity.”

I have never been a quitter.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

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.

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