Richard Nixon: “We are not Democrats, we are not Republicans, we are Americans.”

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

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…