American Quote by Jake Tapper

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal,…

— J. William Fulbright

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal,…

— J. William Fulbright

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

— Henry David Thoreau

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

— Jack McDevitt

“Although distortion of the past is widespread, the most common travesty is one of omission, wherein populist leaders neglect to mention the crimes committed…

— Richard Ashby Wilson

Throughout American history, the political leaders have always exhorted the American people to be nice and quiet and leave things to them. But when…

— Howard Zinn

The tendency everywhere in America to concentrate power and responsibility in one man is unmistakable.

— James Bryce

We`re a little bit low in the 1970s, right, post-Vietnam, Watergate era, malaise, all that, but this is more like the 1930s where the…

— Daniel Fried

I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but…

— Helen Thomas

I believe that President Nixon was right in what he did at Watergate. Lack of respect for authority and things like socialism are turning…

— Tiny Tim

When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.

— Monica Crowley

There are basic lines of human decency, norms to which society generally agrees and to which we adhere, and we continue to see the…

— Jake Tapper