Richard Nixon: “Last August I sent to the Congress the first annual report on the state of the nation's environment.”

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…

In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

My mother was a saint.