Richard Nixon: “I consider the Department of Defense to be a 'Department of Peace.'”

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.

I have never been a quitter.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.