Richard Nixon: “Let us move now to the future.”

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…

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

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.

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