Casts Quote by Bob Menendez

The slow-rising central horror of "Watergate" is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of a president…

— Hunter S. Thompson

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.

— Curt Weldon

Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate…

— John Dean

We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.

— Bob Woodward

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.

— Bob Woodward

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a…

— Dee Dee Myers

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But…

— John J. Sirica

It (Lewinskygate) has...compromised his moral authority

— Joe Lieberman

“The elimination of Mr. Richard Nixon leaves intact all the mechanisms and all the false values which permitted the Watergate scandal.”

— Claude Julien

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

The Watergate is a hotel in Washington where Nixon operatives broke in to steal campaign information from the Democratic Party. Nixon's people subsequently described…

— Tom Fitton

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step,…

— Bob Woodward