Richard Nixon: “Immediate action must be taken to place the leadership of our drug abuse effort under a single official who will…”

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…

My mother was a saint.

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

It is only a beginning, always.