Richard Nixon: “I understand the Governor's secret, and Mrs. Byrnes told it to me.”

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.

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…

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

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.