Richard Nixon: “I propose that the Special Revenue Sharing Program for Transportation become effective on January 1, 1972.”

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

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

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

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…