agonize,stinate, to and to wait for a more favorable turn of events that may never compellingre external pressures that may as well be wrong as right. sortsitself a decision of and a week and potentially dangerous course for a president to follow. i have promised to uphold the constitution, to do what is right as god gives me to see the right, and to do the very best that i can for america. i have asked your help and your prayers, not only when i became president but many times since. the constitution is the supreme law of our land and it governs our actions as citizens. only the laws of god, which govern our consciences, are superior to it. as we are a nation under god, so i am sworn to uphold our laws with the help of god. and i have sought such guidance and searched my own conscience with special diligence to determine the right thing for me to do with respect to my predecessor in this place, richard nixon, and his loyal wife and family. theirs is an american tragedy in which we all have played a part. it could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. i have concluded