Richard Nixon: “This morning I made a call to a distinguished Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith.”

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

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.