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

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



The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.

The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.



The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.



Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.

Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.



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 a sad and dramatic ending.

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 a sad and dramatic ending.



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

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



Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.



When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.



I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.

I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.



It was accountability that Nixon feared.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.





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Words. Ever since chisel was taken to slate, it has been accepted that words can and do change the world.



If life were perfect, we would never learn anything. Thus, never appreciate life.

If life were perfect, we would never learn anything. Thus, never appreciate life.



Inflation is determined by money supply growth.

Inflation is determined by money supply growth.



Do today's duty, fight to-day's temptation; and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.

Do today's duty, fight to-day's temptation; and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.



You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.



My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a time I had step-sibs.

My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a time I had step-sibs.



It isn't ever delicate to live.

It isn't ever delicate to live.



Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.

Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop.



Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand... prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.



The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.




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