Richard Nixon: “It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man, and it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.”

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…

It is only a beginning, always.

We will see you again.

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.