“James Reston, Jr.: You know the first and greatest sin of the deception of television is that it simplifies; it diminishes, great… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Before Watergate and Viet Nam, the American public, as a whole, believed everything it was told, and since then it doesn't believe… — Daniel Keys Moran Copy Share Image
When hot dogs like Mr. D'Amato or the Republican apologist Roger Ailes say that Whitewater is worse than Watergate, it's because they're… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
A censure would put an indelible scar on the president's place in history, .. Monica Lewinsky is not Watergate. Let he who… — Bob Menendez Copy Share Image
Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as… — Samuel Dash Copy Share Image
“Reporters were ill paid in those days and lacked the resources in staff or money to dig deeply into McCarthy's charges. The… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
No, you can take it from an expert in cover-ups-I've lived through Watergate-that nothing less than a resurrected Christ could have caused… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power,… — John Wayne Copy Share Image
Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the… — Richard Ben-Veniste Copy Share Image
I was very young, and I remember this heated, passionate argument and trying to figure out some place called Vietnam, something called… — Bill Huizenga Copy Share Image
I remember when I was being told about Watergate, and I thought, "Oh, America is not what I think America is." But… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The slow-rising central horror of "Watergate" is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
“Sussman had the ability to seize facts and lock them in his memory, where they remained poised for instants recall. More than… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
“But they could be frightening, too. “Watching Watergate in Archie Bunker Country,” said the cover of the June 18 issue of New… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“I went first. The card I drew was "Watergate." "Oh, come on," I said. "This is ridiculous." "Don't whine," said Carter, his… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I'm still friendly with Dean. He still calls me on the phone from time to time. John Dean was fired and later… — Fred F. Fielding Copy Share Image
Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if there is a cultural loss of innocence specifically associated with the seventies. The oil crisis? The Watergate scandal?… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Indeed, it was largely the clubbiness of the Washington village press corps that let Nixon get away with Watergate and still win… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Back in the '90s, whenever we were having '70s nostalgia, you could take the good with the bad. Like yeah, sure, Nixon… — Lindsay Ellis Copy Share Image
After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world.… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so… — Leon Jaworski Copy Share Image
Forty years after the greatest scandal of the American presidency, Elizabeth Drew's account in Washington Journal remains fresh and riveting, instructive and… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“For Carter, it was as if the ghosts of Watergate stalked the halls of the White House. As with most ghosts, he… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out… — Elliot Richardson Copy Share Image
I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in… — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
I was unknown because I came to Washington from the West. I started covering Watergate. Immodestly, I'd say I did it pretty… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was… — John Dean Copy Share Image
I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Watergate just happened to come along at the same time as the demand for honesty in relations between the sexes, in advertising,… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Nixon had been to China. He had been to Russia doing arms negotiation. And so, he was on his way toward what… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
The Watergate is a hotel in Washington where Nixon operatives broke in to steal campaign information from the Democratic Party. Nixon's people… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
I believe the liberal international order is under assault from Russia, and from other authoritarian regimes, and it is being questioned from… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a… — Patterson Hood Copy Share Image
