President Nixon's Resignation Speech (revised)
My fellow Americans,
I come to you tonight begging for your forgiveness. I have betrayed the men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. I have cracked the pillars of respect, freedom and liberty. I have betrayed my family and the citizens of this country whose prosperity I vowed to protect.
My sin against this great country is forgivable, but the temporary and permanent pain I have inflicted against the morals for which we stand will never be forgotten. While I yearn for nothing more than your complete and utter forgiveness, I am no longer fit to represent the innocence for which this country eternally strives.
The founding fathers intended the President of this United States of America to be a guardian of the Constitution and its guarantees. I am no longer a beacon of the eternal virtues of this country. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln – these men would never follow me on the path to darkness.
Effective noon tomorrow, I will no longer hold the office of President of the United States of America.
It tears my soul that my lack of clarity has taken me from the rank from which I hoped I could bring the greatest good to this country and the world. My actions are cause for eternal regret, but the greatest responsibility in the land is no place for a time of moral repair.
My errors are no cause for the abandonment of improvement. We must continue to solidify the right of life, liberty, and happiness in our home and throughout the world. We must purge this world of the maladies of murder, famine and oppression. We must ensure our children’s children may lay claim to the rights to which we are privy. We must take all effort to better our life, our neighbors’ lives, and the lives of our sons and daughters. We will decay, but our freedoms must echo until the heavens descend upon this earth.
In the wake of my moral failure, I will strive to correct the damage of my errors. This nation requires healing, and I will make amends with you. In this time of darkness, I vow to make you proud to be an American as you once were, and as you will again be. From the ashes of callousness will rise an eternal fire of prosperity.
While the lessons of the day must live forever, as your President, your brother, and your countryman, I beg for you to remember me as I once was, and as I will be.
May God forgive us, may he guide us, and may he deliver us into the light.
I come to you tonight begging for your forgiveness. I have betrayed the men and women who gave their lives for our freedom. I have cracked the pillars of respect, freedom and liberty. I have betrayed my family and the citizens of this country whose prosperity I vowed to protect.
My sin against this great country is forgivable, but the temporary and permanent pain I have inflicted against the morals for which we stand will never be forgotten. While I yearn for nothing more than your complete and utter forgiveness, I am no longer fit to represent the innocence for which this country eternally strives.
The founding fathers intended the President of this United States of America to be a guardian of the Constitution and its guarantees. I am no longer a beacon of the eternal virtues of this country. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln – these men would never follow me on the path to darkness.
Effective noon tomorrow, I will no longer hold the office of President of the United States of America.
It tears my soul that my lack of clarity has taken me from the rank from which I hoped I could bring the greatest good to this country and the world. My actions are cause for eternal regret, but the greatest responsibility in the land is no place for a time of moral repair.
My errors are no cause for the abandonment of improvement. We must continue to solidify the right of life, liberty, and happiness in our home and throughout the world. We must purge this world of the maladies of murder, famine and oppression. We must ensure our children’s children may lay claim to the rights to which we are privy. We must take all effort to better our life, our neighbors’ lives, and the lives of our sons and daughters. We will decay, but our freedoms must echo until the heavens descend upon this earth.
In the wake of my moral failure, I will strive to correct the damage of my errors. This nation requires healing, and I will make amends with you. In this time of darkness, I vow to make you proud to be an American as you once were, and as you will again be. From the ashes of callousness will rise an eternal fire of prosperity.
While the lessons of the day must live forever, as your President, your brother, and your countryman, I beg for you to remember me as I once was, and as I will be.
May God forgive us, may he guide us, and may he deliver us into the light.
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