Richard Nixon: “Let's think of what leadership America needs and let's vote that way on November the 8th, and will you do that?”

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

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.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

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