Richard Nixon: “I am requesting prompt action by the Congress on several reforms in our unemployment insurance system.”

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

I have never been a quitter.

My mother was a saint.

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…