#ld

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#apologized #country #early #error #escaped

Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#criminal #disclosures #fact #held #his

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also. ↗

— Fred Woodworth

#also #any #bad #being #beings

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#life #more #order #rest #should

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any other handling that could make it ridiculous, or too unlike the original to be believed any longer. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#believed #could #curious #handling #how

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#cards #fairly #play #should #winning

My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie? ↗

— Billy Wilder

#aunt #hold #minnie #never #pay

Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that. ↗

— Sam Worthington

#change #changes #i #i think #simple

Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age. ↗