White House reporters watch Nixon's resignation speech (1974)
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[0:00] we are standing by now for president
[0:03] Richard Milhouse Nixon 37th President of
[0:06] the United
[0:11] States good
[0:13] evening this is the 37th time I have
[0:17] spoken to you from this office where so
[0:20] many decisions have been made that shape
[0:22] the history of this
[0:25] nation each time I have done so to
[0:28] discuss with you some matter that I
[0:30] believe affected the national
[0:32] interest in all the decisions I have
[0:35] made in my public life I have always
[0:37] tried to do what was best for the
[0:42] nation throughout the long and difficult
[0:44] period of
[0:45] Watergate I have felt it was my duty to
[0:48] persevere to make every possible effort
[0:51] to complete the term of office to which
[0:53] you elected
[0:55] me in the past few days however it has
[0:59] become evident to me that I no longer
[1:02] have a strong enough political base in
[1:04] the Congress to justify continuing that
[1:09] effort as long as there was such a base
[1:13] I felt strongly that it was necessary to
[1:15] see the Constitutional process throug