Richard Nixon: “For the first time, because the people of the world want peace, and the leaders of the world are afraid of war, the…”

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

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…

I have never been a quitter.