Quotes About Watergate

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.

There's another aspect about the Seventies. Blazing Saddles, as wonderful as it was, sort of hurt the Western. It made such fun of them, that you almost couldn't take them seriously from that point on. That's why only Westerns that had the stink of Watergate or Vietnam could be taken seriously. There were so few Westerns made since then, from the Eighties on, that the few directors who did were so pleased with themselves and so happy to have the opportunity that they got lost in visuals, they got lost in the vistas and the pretty scenery.

The influences in my life were all kind of politically, socially implanted. And then there was Watergate.

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

I think since Watergate people are interested in what the past of this country was really like.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

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.

The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.

To compare Whitewater to Watergate is a travesty.

When you talk about presidents, loyalty is a great thing until it becomes a bad thing. Witness once again Watergate.

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

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.