Richard Nixon: “This organization, the CIA, has a distinguished record of being bipartisan in character.”

I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.

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

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.

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…