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Farewell
Richard Milhous Nixon
In mid-November 1973, during a nationally televised Q & A session with Associated Press editors, President Richard Nixon declared, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.” No other words could have been more damning. After testimonies by John Dean and Rose Mary Woods revealed that Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in and its cover-up, he lost the support of the people.
On August 8, 1974, President Nixon announced his resignation, effective at noon the following day. During his farewell speech on August 9, he declared, “Always remember, others may hate you—but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” He and his wife, Pat Nixon, then boarded the Army One helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base, where they departed for California on Air Force One. This photograph records Nixon performing his last public act as president.
George Tames, 1974 |