Richard Nixon: “Our patent system should always work to foster that spirit.”

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

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

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

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…