Richard Nixon: “I have seen the men in the Kremlin”

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 will see you again.

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.