Richard Nixon: “Our long-cherished American observances of Mother's Day and Father's Day are fittingly complemented by this new idea of…”

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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

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…

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