Richard Nixon: “America has about it the quality of an idea and is more difficult to describe.”

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…

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

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

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.