Richard Nixon: “All that I can say with regard to Cabot Lodge and me is this: We both know Mr. Khrushchev”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.

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 am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.