Elliot Richardson

But tending machinery was one thing; defining what we were trying to do and why we were doing it, and developing ways…

— Elliot Richardson

The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I…

— Elliot Richardson

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake.

— Elliot Richardson

They've got him - credible witnesses, documents, heaven knows what else. In all my years as a prosecutor I have never seen…

— Elliot Richardson

For you, the state is an entity with purposes of its own that the people can be required to serve. For us…

— Elliot Richardson

If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot…

— Elliot Richardson

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one not of redesign but of renewal and…

— Elliot Richardson

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when…

— Elliot Richardson

My most important task must be an attempt to bring the monster under democratic direction and control.

— Elliot Richardson

I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to take…

— Elliot Richardson

The Watergate reforms did work well for many years, and if improved and broadened, these reforms can have real and major impact…

— Elliot Richardson

There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game…

— Elliot Richardson

I said the first concern of the administration of justice must, of course, be the individual. The second concern is the truth.

— Elliot Richardson

It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there…

— Elliot Richardson

Mr. President, I believe your real problem is that you have somehow been unable to realize that you have won, not only…

— Elliot Richardson

I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out…

— Elliot Richardson

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my…

— Elliot Richardson

This anniversary serves to help remind the American people that, in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals and misuse…

— Elliot Richardson

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism.

— Elliot Richardson

Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that…

— Elliot Richardson