Richard Nixon: “Today I am appointing a Commission on Campus Unrest to study this serious situation, to report its findings and make…”

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

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…

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