Richard Nixon: “It gives promise of further progress toward our goal of full employment without war and without inflation.”

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

It is only a beginning, always.

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 have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…