#watergate

The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

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I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior," he said. "You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends. ↗

— Chuck Colson

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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned. ↗

— Samuel Dash

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

— David Cross

#huge #i #i remember #kid #looking

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

#allow #america #arrogant #dictate #election

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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