:53:01
If I'd been president,
they never would've killed me.
:53:07
Vice President Johnson,
shown here being sworn in...
:53:09
Dick, are you gonna call? Bobby.
Hmm?
:53:13
...has taken the reins of power
in a smooth transition.
:53:16
I'll go through Johnson.
:53:18
We'll be invited.
:53:25
This is a sad time for all people.
:53:30
I ask for your help.
:53:32
...and are
going to see Vietnam through...
:53:36
...to an honorable peace...
:53:41
...to defend
an honored cause...
:53:44
...whatever the price,
whatever the burden...
:53:47
...whatever the sacrifice...
:53:49
...that duty
may require.
:53:54
Accordingly...
:53:56
I shall not seek...
:53:59
...and I will not accept...
:54:02
...the nomination of my party
for another term as your president.
:54:08
Good night,
and God bless all of you.
:54:13
Johnson's withdrawal
resurrects Richard Nixon...
:54:16
...as a strong Republican candidate
with a secret plan to end the war.
:54:19
His mother, Hannah Nixon,
just before her death last year...
:54:23
...commented on
her son's chances.
:54:25
Mrs. Nixon, do you think your son
will ever return to politics?
:54:31
I don't think he has a choice.
:54:34
He has always been a leader.
:54:37
Do you think he'd make
a great president, Mrs. Nixon?
:54:41
If he's on God's side, yes.
:54:45
You must be very proud of your son.
:54:48
I have always been proud
of all of my children.
:54:53
Of course,
no one can see into the future.
:54:57
We didn't know
this day would come.
:54:59
Where'd he go?
In the side door.