Richard Nixon: “And just a month ago--and incidentally, primarily through your leadership--the Andean Common Market had its birth in…”

I have never been a quitter.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

It is only a beginning, always.

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…