Richard Nixon: “As the Nation's 55th Secretary of State, he played an indispensable role in ending our longest war and in starting to…”

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

It is only a beginning, always.

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…