#nixon

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#bound #come #even #get #government

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#clear #dollars #grand #grand jury #hear

More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#already #american #american people #bring #combat

Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#conflicting #emotions #even #had #his

I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors settlement was branded as being inflationary and bad for the country. ↗

— Leonard Woodcock

#alert #bad #being #branded #called

Nixon probably was a nice guy. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#nice #nice guy #nixon #probably

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists. ↗

— Ben Bradlee

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Edward Heath and Richard Nixon took personal awkwardness with each other to new and excruciating levels. ↗

— David Cameron

#each #edward #excruciating #heath #levels

The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate. ↗

— Dexter S. King

#family #government #materials #million #nixon

During the 1960 election, I saw Richard Nixon as the winner. ↗

— Jeane Dixon

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