Richard Nixon: “I earnestly hope that Congress will give these proposals its prompt consideration and approval.”

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.

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…

My mother was a saint.