Richard Nixon: “We have stood together since the end of World War II.”

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

I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

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…