I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

The 1976 Bicentennial is not going to be invented in Washington, printed in triplicate by the Government Printing Office [and] mailed to you by the United States Postal Service.

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed 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 tomorrow.

When I retire I'm going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.