Richard Nixon: “This is a matter of national concern, of national interest.”

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

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

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