Richard Nixon: “Pointing to the further reforms which might be made is no excuse to make no reforms at all.”

As a result of these efforts, I am confident that the world is a safer place today, not only for the people of America but for the people of all nations, and that all of our children have a better chance than before of living in peace…

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.

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