Richard Nixon: “I have asked the Congress to provide the legislative authority and the funds to fuel this kind of an offensive.”

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…

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