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And now finally, i know that you wonder, whether or not i am going to stay on the republican ticket or resign. let me say this. i dont believe that i ought to quit. because im not a quitter. and incidentally, pats not a quitter. but the decision, my friends, is not mine. and im going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think i should stay on or whether i should get off. and whatever their decision is, i will abide by it. ♪ >> all those in favor of ni...

Nixon. >> good evening. this is the 37th time i have spoken to you from this office. throughout the long and difficult period of watergate i have felt it was my duty to persevere. 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 president effective at noon tomorrow. i do so with this prayer. may gods grace be with you and all the days ahead.

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. america needs a full-time president and a full-time congress. therefore, i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> president richard nixon, 45 years ago this week, announcing his resignation as you saw there amid the historic watergate scandal, a time where nixon was facing impeachment and removal from ...

Thought they knew. >> every generation has to lose their virginity, and it was just the day that my generation did. but to think that were the only generation that had that experience is probably the mistake that a lot of generations make. >> he is already before the cameras now. president richard milhous nixon, 37th president of the united states. >> throughout the long and difficult period of watergate i have felt it was my duty to persevere. >> watergate doesnt go away because it was so extra...

I felt like i just had to continue to keep pushing. i knew she wouldnt want me to give up on my dreams and just be a quitter. you know, also being a marine, that mentality kicked in and i told myself that this isnt the way that she would have wanted me to go. i just never gave up and kept pushing forward. griff: we see you n that marine corps uniform what helped you in your service for this country to becoming a boxer. >> the old saying goes in boxing. 80% mental. 20% physical. and the marine co...

On tonight. a countdown toward the end of the nixon presidency. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern daylight time the president of the united states will address the nation. >> it was over. >> 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 re-sign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. >> the impeachment the framers had imagined, it worked. democracy work...

And now finally, i know that you wonder, whether or not i am going to stay on the republican ticket or resign. let me say this. i dont believe that i ought to quit. because im not a quitter. and incidentally, pats not a quitter. but the decision, my friends, is not mine. and im going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think i should stay on or whether i should get off. and whatever their decision is, i will abide by it. ♪ >> all those in favor of ni...

Quitter, but the decision is not mine. i am going to ask you to wire or write the republican national kme whether you think i should stay on or whether i should get off. whatever their decision is, i will a by it. >> all those in favor of nixon continuing as a candidate will say aye. >> aye. >> completely vindicated, i feel he acted as a man of courage and honor. as far as im concerned, stands higher than ever before. >> once u. fought the battle and have one, then you have a

But she has a respectable coat. one other thing i should tell you because theyll be saying something about this, too, we did get something, a gift, after the election. you know what it was? it was a little cocker espanol dog, black and white, spotted. our little girl trisha, 6-year-old named it checkers. the kids, like all kids love the dog. regardless of what they say about it, were going to keep it. and now finally you wonder whether or not im going to stay on the republic ticket. let me say t...

To stay on the republican ticket or resign. let me say this. i dont believe that i ought to quit because im not a quitter. and incidentally pat is not a quitter, but the decision, my friends, is not mine. and im going to ask you to help wire and write the republican national committee whether you think i should stay on or whether i should get off. ask whatever their decision is, i will abide by it. >> all those in favor will identity aye. >> hes not only completely vindicated. i feel he acted as...