The following details are included in Nixon's resignation speech but not in the Washington Post article about his resignation::
- Nixon planned to officially resign at noon on the day following his speech
- Nixon's family wanted him to continue to fight against his political enemies.
- Nixon pledged to work for peace among nations when he first became president.
""We have ended America's longest war.But in the work of securing a lasting peace in the world,the goals ahead are even more far-reaching and more difficult.We must complete a structure of peace,so that it will be said of this generation-our generation of Americans-by the people of all nations,not only that we ended one war but we prevented future wars."