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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions. Stephen Ambrose | top
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I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. Tony Campolo | top
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned. Samuel Dash | top
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I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate. Sam Ervin | top
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If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen. Sam Ervin | top
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I know that from the days of Watergate... the notion of two sources on a story has become the popular dogma about how you confirm something. And there is a lot of truth to that, but there are all kinds of ways to check to the extent that you can, a story that you get. Howard Fineman | top
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Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. Billy Graham | top
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The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate. Tobe Hooper | top
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From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law. Leon Jaworski | top
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The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate. Dexter S. King | top
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After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate. Nguyen Cao Ky | top
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I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. Richard M. Nixon | top
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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 to revolve around it. Richard M. Nixon | top
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The Watergate reforms did work well for many years, and if improved and broadened, these reforms can have real and major impact on the system today. Elliot Richardson | top
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An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in. John J. Sirica | top
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After Watergate, which happened when I was in college, I became increasingly inspired by journalism as a way to change the world. It sounds corny, but to wake the public up, to serve a higher cause. David Talbot | top
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This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers. Curt Weldon | top
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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. Bob Woodward | top
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It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system. Bob Woodward | top
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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect. Bob Woodward | top
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Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk. Bob Woodward | top
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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. Bob Woodward | top
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There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else. Bob Woodward | top
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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. Bob Woodward | top
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We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure. Bob Woodward | top
