Richard Nixon: “Thank you very much, Senator Saltonstall, for a very gracious and generous introduction.”

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

My mother was a saint.

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.