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I don’t believe that I ought to quit. Because I’m not a quitter. Richard Nixon
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Therefore I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Richard Nixon
I’m happy to be getting out. I mean, it’s been hell. Muhammad Ali, cited What’s My Name
You can take that mail and that franking machine and all that other rubbish I have to go about with and you can stuff ’em right up your ass. Quadrophenia 1979 starring Phil Daniels & Mark Wingett & Leslie Ash & Philip Davis & Sting & Toyah Willcox & Ray Winstone & Gary Shail & Michael Elphick et al, director Franc Roddam, Jimmy to boss
You [Hillary Clinton] should resign. It’s the least you can do. Resign, along with those other spies and delinquents working in the State Department. Hugo Chavez, televised speech 9th December 2010
But you must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossibility to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. Edward III, cited The King’s Speech 2011 starring Colin Firth & Geoffrey Rush & Guy Pearce & Helena Bonham Carter & Timothy Spall & Derek Jacobi & Jennifer Ehle & Anthony Andrews & Claire Bloom & Eve Best & Freya Wilson & Tim Downie & Roger Hammond & Michael Gambon et al, director Tom Hooper
I have resigned. I will not be pushed. Filed. Stamped. Indexed. Briefed. Debriefed. Or numbered. My life is my own. My life is my own. I am not a number. I am a free man. The Prisoner, TV series 1967-68
We are all resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to. Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter
Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,
While resignation gently slopes the way
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His heaven commences ere the world be past. Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village
After the Scott Report you just think, What does it take for these people to resign? Mark Thomas Comedy Product s1e1, Channel 4 1996
Calm. Strong. Give it to them straight … [enters cabinet room] … If we don’t win the vote, I will resign. And if you don’t resign with me … Spitting Image s17e5, John Major, ITV 1994
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it. W C Fields