#watergate

Even Napoleon had his Watergate. ↗

— Yogi Berra

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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. ↗

— Tony Campolo

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Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news. ↗

— John le Carre

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I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate. ↗

— David Cross

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The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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