Richard Nixon: “Eisenhower weather is victory weather, too; don't forget that.”

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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…