Richard Nixon: “I have announced a commitment to the first five years of life as one of the basic pledges of this Administration.”

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

It is only a beginning, always.

My mother was a saint.

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…