Top Watergate Quotes
The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans.
Howard Fineman
The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.
Pierre Salinger
Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.
Billy Graham
The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.
Gerald R. Ford
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
J. G. Ballard
Bob Woodward 
Richard M. Nixon 
Yogi Berra 
Billy Graham 
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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 
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I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior," he said. "You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.
Chuck Colson
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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
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I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.
David Cross
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Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
Stephen Ambrose
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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
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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
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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
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Popular Watergate Authors
Richard M. NixonBob WoodwardStephen AmbroseYogi BerraJohn le CarreBilly GrahamGerald R. FordDavid TalbotTony CampoloDaniel Keys MoranPierre SalingerDavid CrossCurt WeldonElliot Richardson
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