I can only say, that I am not 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 interest of America first.
— Richard Nixon Modern

US President, Watergate

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Context

Resignation speech

Date / Period

1974

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/resignation-speech

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