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.

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.

Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.

Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on.

They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.