Richard Nixon: “We think of what that public land will be, what it will contribute to the future generations who will be living in…”

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

It is only a beginning, always.

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…