Richard Nixon: “We have offered the most revolutionary legislation in the history of the Republic in this respect.”

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.