Richard Nixon: “Rhode Island needs him in the Senate, America needs him in the Senate, I need him in the Senate.”

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

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

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

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.