Watergate – Quotes

The official version of

The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet. G. Gordon Liddy

Well, a lot of

Well, a lot of people don’t want to be quoted. But keep in mind that Bob Woodward did all of his Watergate reporting with anonymous sources, and we know how that turned out. Edward Klein

I remember when I was being told about Watergate, and I thought, \”Oh, America is not what I think America is.\” But America is what I think it is. It’s just that it’s two bits of it, and I don’t go with the Republican bit of it. I go more with the Democratic bit. Eddie … Read more

This is a world

This is a world that’s big enough for everyone. I like that message in that comes out of John Lasseter, and it comes out Pixar, it comes out of the Apple, Google, the Ben and Jerry’s thing. These are American companies that send that message around that is good, that is healthy. And everyone goes, … Read more

Probably after Vietnam and

Probably after Vietnam and Watergate, there was an increasing distrust of institutions, so that Jesus was still in, but the institutional church was no longer an attraction. So, I think that the dropping of the denominational label is to become more generic, less of a threat, less of a reminder of negative stereotypes if you’ve … Read more

The government paid the

The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate. Dexter Scott King

To compare Whitewater to

To compare Whitewater to Watergate is a travesty. Dee Dee Myers

This is a generation

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. Dee Dee Myers

After Watergate, which happened

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

I was a middle-of-the-road

I was a middle-of-the-road Democrat more than anything else. I know I voted for Carter. Watergate taught me how bad the Republicans were. Dave Barry