Richard Nixon: “We're on the side of peace, the side of justice.”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

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

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

We will see you again.