Richard Nixon: “I chose temporary controls to curb inflation.”

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

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

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

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…