Richard Nixon: “These steps are just two of many that can and will be taken to help us through this period of acute energy shortages.”

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

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…

We will see you again.

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.