Richard Nixon: “Under President Eisenhower's leadership, we ended one war; we kept the Nation out of other wars, and we do have peace…”

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.