Richard Nixon: “Any program...should be one that would give to every one of our citizens who wants health insurance an opportunity to…”

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

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

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

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…