Richard Nixon: “It is a very great honor for Mrs. Nixon and me to be received for the first time in Mexico on an official state visit.”

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

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

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

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.