Richard Nixon: “I am today requesting that the Congress authorize emergency security assistance of $2.2 billion for Israel and $200…”

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…

Mistakes, yes. But for personal gain, never.

It is only a beginning, always.

We think that when we suffer a defeat that all is ended.