Richard Nixon: “There is hereby established the Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Personnel Policy.”

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…

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

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

We will see you again.