Richard Nixon: “Despite the other side's abrupt rejection of our proposals they remain in effect.”

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

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…

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.