 Kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nemhaka yokurasikirwa kwake netsigiro yezvamatongerwe enyika uye kuva nechokwadi chokuti aizobviswa pachigaro uye kubviswa pabasa, Nixon akarega basa saPurezidhendi pana August 9, 1974, pashure pokunge ataura kurudzi paterevhizheni manheru akanga apfuura. Hurukuro yokurega basa yakapiwa muOval Office uye yakaparadzirwa zvakananga paredhiyo neterevhizheni. Nixon akati akanga achirega basa nokuda kwezvakanaka zvenyika uye akakumbira rudzi kuti rutsigire purezidhendi mutsva, Gerald Ford. Nixon akapfuurira kuongorora zvaakabudirira muutungamiriri hwake, zvikurukuru mune zvematongerwe enyika. Iye akadzivirira chinyorwa chake somutungamiriri wenyika, achidudza kubva kuhurukuro yaTheodore Roosevelt ya1910 Citizenship in a Republic: 