Richard Nixon actually said...

I respect your decision, and I also respect the concern for the national interest that led you to conclude that a resolution of the matter in this way, rather than through an extended battle in the Courts and the Congress, was advisable in order to prevent a protracted period of national division and uncertainty.

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Letter to Spiro T. Agnew About His Decision to Resign as Vice President

10/09/1973

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