Richard Nixon: “We're going to have to have the maturity to take the rough seas with the calm.”

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…

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…

Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty.