Richard Nixon: “I have been trying to get him to change his mind and play.”

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.

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.

It is only a beginning, always.