Richard Nixon: “We will present the citation to Colonel Hughes who will receive it for the regiment.”

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

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

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…