Richard Nixon: “We must also devise efficient solutions to problems that have become more urgent recently, such as those of pollution…”

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

I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of…

It is only a beginning, always.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.