Richard Nixon: “I urge the Congress to support this action, not because it is politically expedient or the easy thing to do, but because…”

It is only a beginning, always.

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

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

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…