Richard Nixon: “Mrs. Lee, tell me, is it true that you were number one in the class at Cambridge Law School and your husband was number…”

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…

It is only a beginning, always.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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