Richard Nixon: “I will submit Congressman Bush's name to the new Senate on January 20th for confirmation.”

This country needs good farmers, good businessmen, good plumbers, good carpenters.

It is only a beginning, always.

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

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…