Richard Nixon: “What you have to do is to have the firmness, you also have to have the ability, the judgment, the experience, which will…”

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…

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.