If I talked about Watergate, I was described as struggling to free myself from the morass. If I did not talk about Watergate, I was accused of being out of touch with reality. Richard M Nixon
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
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 illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. Henry Kissinger
There will be no whitewash in the White House. Richard M Nixon
An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. Gerald R Ford
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it’s hard to get it back in. H R Haldeman
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, Jr