Richard Nixon: “Simon Bolivar said 150 years ago that the 'freedom of the New World is the hope of the universe.'”

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

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

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…