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I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

History is a vast early warning system.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I am innocent. You've got to believe I am innocent. If you do not, take my job.

The Russians feared Ike. They did not fear me.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.