Richard Nixon: “This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.”

My mother was a saint.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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…

It is only a beginning, always.