History Quote by John Wayne

The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we…

— Carl Bernstein

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

— Conrad Black

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

— Curt Weldon

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

What was Watergate? A little bugging!

— Richard M. Nixon

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

— Bob Woodward

I think since Watergate people are interested in what the past of this country was really like.

— Gore Vidal

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive…

— Bob Woodward

Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result,…

— Samuel Dash

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

— Bob Woodward

Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order.

— Tom Brokaw

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else…

— Richard M. Nixon