Richard Nixon: “This is a very close decision on our part, one that I not only discussed with Secretary Laird yesterday, but that we…”

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…

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

We will see you again.

It is only a beginning, always.