Watergate Quotes
91 quotes by 58 authors
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The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies.…
— J. G. Ballard
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Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
— Yogi Berra
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their party entered and had effectively…
— Conrad Black
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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…
— John le Carre
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
— Stephen Ambrose
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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 those men to…
— Charles Colson
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After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny,…
— David Talbot
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No words can describe the depths of my regret and pain at the anguish my mistakes over Watergate have caused the nation and the presidency…
— Richard M. Nixon
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The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.
— Tobe Hooper
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The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps…
— Howard Fineman
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I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I appreciate anybody who wants to tape…
— Rod Blagojevich
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Watergate showed more strengths in our system than weaknesses... The whole country did take part in quite a genuine sense in passing judgment on Richard…
— Archibald Cox
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Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face..
— Ben Bradlee
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This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.
— Curt Weldon
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In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press. The administration's war on leaks and other efforts to control…
— Leonard Downie, Jr.
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with…
— Bob Woodward
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I have a suggestion that I think would help fight serious crime. Signs. There are lots of signs for minor infractions: No Smoking, Stay Off…
— George Carlin
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Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.
— Bob Woodward
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Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.
— Nelson Rockefeller
Who Wrote These Watergate Quotes
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