Rod Lurie Quotes

You roll back the stones and you find the slithering things of the world of Richard Nixon.

There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

What is this "Watergate?

What was Watergate? A little bugging!

There were no dead bodies in Watergate.

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

I am not a crook.

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

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.

I don’t know what he was so angry about. He won…. If I had won, he would have been much better off. He would have been spared getting disgraced by Watergate.

The Watergate burglary was both illegal and stupid

I’m positive that the President is innocent of any involvement in Watergate

Watergate was a third-rate burglary. It was purely domestic in nature.

Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty.

Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.

Recalling our history which has been characterized by political and constitutional instability …

What did the President know and when did he know it?

Compared to Nixon.

It's hard to tell whether [Attorney General] Janet Reno is engaged in a cover-up or she's merely incompetent.