Richard Nixon: “Tonight I ask you all to rise and join me in raising our glasses to the greatest Duke of them all, Duke Ellington.”

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

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…

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

It is only a beginning, always.