Richard Nixon: “I am pleased to submit to the Congress this Fourth Annual Report of the National Science Board, 'The Role of Engineers…”

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

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

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.