Democrat Quote by Rush Limbaugh

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country.

— Morley Safer

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

At bottom, the decision to pardon Nixon was a political judgment properly within the bounds of Ford's constitutional authority. The specter of a former…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

I remain convinced that pardoning Nixon was the right thing to do.

— Gerald R. Ford

“Ford was a cover-up artist for the Warren Commission. His crime of lies about Oswald in his book and the cover-up of hard evidence…

— Mae Brussell

I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment,…

— John Podesta

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention…

— Barbara Olson

Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.

— Morley Safer

Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma…

— Richard Ben-Veniste

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

— Bob Woodward

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country,…

— Bob Woodward