Richard Nixon: “I don't think any man in the world has had more experience or could have done a better job than Cabot Lodge in defending…”

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

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.