Democratic Quote by Samuel Dash

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

“In its broadest sense, the scandal of Watergate arose from the tumultuous and destabilizing trends of the 1960s, especially the war in Vietnam and…

— James T. Patterson

Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the…

— John Wayne

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

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

In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the 'New York…

— Lionel Barber

Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way - I would…

— Rick Perlstein

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

— Gore Vidal

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 believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Watergate was a constitutional crisis of the highest order.

— Tom Brokaw