Richard Nixon: “My friends, this is irresponsible because it's wrong, and I say it's wrong today, and he has to retract it in the course…”

It is only a beginning, always.

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

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…