Richard Nixon: “I shall ask them to consider the following questions:”

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

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

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

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.