"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."

Lie, Horror, Jury, Nixon

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"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."

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"Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different."

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"Weaklings must lie."

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"Lying can never save us from another lie."

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"Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

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"Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either."

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"The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

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"If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources."

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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."

Information

"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."

Government

"Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us."

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"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

Mistake

"Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations."

Policy

"Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law."

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"The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals."

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

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"I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media."

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