Richard Nixon: “I urge the people of the United States to give heed to the nationwide problem of heart disease and to support the…”

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

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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…

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.