Richard Nixon: “The question is not whether we can afford this legislation, but whether we can afford to go on without it.”

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

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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…