Richard Nixon: “Our purpose is rather to assist State and local governments in their efforts to combat the multiplying number of acts of…”

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.