Richard Nixon: “Now, Therefore, I, Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 12, 1974…”

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…

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

We will see you again.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.