If before we have a meeting with the men in the Kremlin, and if before we have negotiations, as we will have this fall with the Communist countries for mutual reduction of forces, we, on our side, reduce our forces, there will be no deal.
Remarks at the National Conference of Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
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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…
This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
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