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Administrations of both parties have unjustly targeted journalists, but none more so in recent years than the Obama administration, the Obama administration’s control on the flow of information has been described as the most aggressive since the Nixon administration. – Scott Fitzgerald	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The country was very fortunate that the CIA and FBI refused to bend completely to Nixon's will, so President Richard Nixon and President Richard Nixon lieutenants opted to go outside the established institutions to do their dirty work. – Richard Nixon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The last crystal that was acquired for the White House for a full state service was during the Nixon era. – Stewart McLaurin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Erica was so much fun to play, i used to say to [creator] Agnes [Nixon], ‘Don’t you think Erica needs to lie down sometimes? Don’t you think she’s exhausted a little bit?’ Because she was very active. She had a lot of husbands and a lot of shenanigans going on, but such a wonderful part. – Susan Lucci	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Supreme Court in Nixon v. GSA was explicit that when it comes to evaluating the interests of the executive branch, when that call is made by the incumbent president… the interests asserted by the former president is diminished, counts for something. – Patricia Millett	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What the administration did, the Justice Department, the leadership of the former President, goes even beyond Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon had an enemies list. This is about undermining the rule of law. – New York	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Joe Biden has a historic opportunity to be a great president, but I think they should learn the lesson of the Johnson administration's errors that elected Richard Nixon and the Carter administration's errors that elected Ronald Reagan. – Larry Summers	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I believe the constitutional purpose of impeachment is to remove a president from office, not to punish a person after Senate GOP leaders have left office, no consideration was given to impeach President Nixon when he left office in 1974. The Constitution hasn't changed and the Congress should not set a new, destructive precedent. – Roy Blunt	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think the reasoning of Nixon( case) could be a problem for any Trump litigation effort. – Ross Garber	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Pat Nixon is the most recent example I can think of of a first lady who compares at all to Melania Trump, as Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight. – Kate Andersen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight. – Kate Andersen	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Re-election campaigns celebrate accomplishments. Think Nixon in 1972 or Reagan in 1984. – Kathryn Brownell	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon, and Richard Nixon was driven out of office by the Republican Party. Richard Nixon people used to say no one died at Watergate, and there's a certain truth to that. Two hundred thousand people have died at this, and Trump, by taking remedial action by being honest with the American people, which I — he just didn't understand, does not understand the people he leads. – Bob Woodward	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I saw him grab one of their arms when they were lifting him up in the stretcher and that was when I knew he would be okay, i don't look at Sonja Nixon Frazier as a hero. This is what I was supposed to do. It doesn't matter who he was or what skin color he had. I knew I was there to save his life. But it really was overwhelming emotionally. After I just smoked a cigarette and cried. – Sonja Nixon Frazier	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The likely real driver is( Pompeo's) speech on Thursday at the Nixon Library on China, it culminates a month of China speeches by National Security Advisor O'Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Attorney General Barr. Having something big to announce or explain will give the speech more' umph'. – James Green	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I haven't seen anything like this, there have obviously been presidents who criticize the press and try to limit their access. Almost every president had some kind of tension with the press and some like Richard Nixon create their own enemies list. FDR used fireside chats as a way to control his message around conservative newspaper publishers. But now we are in a whole different ballgame. – Julian Zelizer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that United States is in the public interest to get reelected, thats simply false. I started my speech in The Senate by saying I completely support the impeachment of [ Richard ] Nixon, who everything he did, he did because he wanted to get reelected. And clearly he thought his reelection was in the public interest. – Alan Dershowitz	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
By the time the vote was taken in the Judiciary Committee to impeach Richard Nixon, the country understood it and they agreed with it, this should be a healing effort, not a divisive effort, if it happens. – Zoe Lofgren	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that his election is in the public interest to get reelected, thats simply false. I started my speech in the Senate by saying I completely support the impeachment of [Richard] Nixon, who everything he did, he did because he wanted to get reelected. And clearly he thought his reelection was in the public interest. – Alan Dershowitz	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The president -- President Nixon's misconduct related to trying to use the levers of government to hide the Watergate burglary... President Trump misconduct had to do with trying to throw the election but at least it didn't involve involving other foreign nations, if you take a look at the -- what the founding fathers were concerned about, it was the interference by foreign governments in our political system that was one of the gravest concerns. Nixon's behavior didn't fall into that range. So in that way, this conduct is more serious. – Zoe Lofgren	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I mean, what the president did was so much worse than even what Richard Nixon did, that at some point Richard Nixon cared about the country enough to recognize that this could not continue. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is very prayerful because impeaching is a divisive thing in our country. It's hard, and the place that our country is now, it's not a time where Nancy Pelosi go to 70 % when people, when President Nixon walked out of the White House. It wasn't there before President Nixon left. Even two weeks before President Nixon left. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There are some signs this is wearing thin for the American people and that they are actually attending to the content of the investigations, once the public hearings begin the public will focus on the actual charges. That is what happened with President Richard Nixon in 1974 in the Watergate hearings. – Claire Finkelstein	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Richard Nixon had to turn over arguably privileged materials, here there's no claim of executive privilege, the tax returns were before Richard Nixon was president, Richard Nixon's not going to be arrested. – Jeffrey Rosen	Found on CNN 4 years ago

Administrations of both parties have unjustly targeted journalists, but none more so in recent years than the Obama administration, the Obama administration’s control on the flow of information has been described as the most aggressive since the Nixon administration.

– Scott Fitzgerald

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The country was very fortunate that the CIA and FBI refused to bend completely to Nixon's will, so President Richard Nixon and President Richard Nixon lieutenants opted to go outside the established institutions to do their dirty work.

– Richard Nixon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The last crystal that was acquired for the White House for a full state service was during the Nixon era.

– Stewart McLaurin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Erica was so much fun to play, i used to say to [creator] Agnes [Nixon], ‘Don’t you think Erica needs to lie down sometimes? Don’t you think she’s exhausted a little bit?’ Because she was very active. She had a lot of husbands and a lot of shenanigans going on, but such a wonderful part.

– Susan Lucci

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Supreme Court in Nixon v. GSA was explicit that when it comes to evaluating the interests of the executive branch, when that call is made by the incumbent president… the interests asserted by the former president is diminished, counts for something.

– Patricia Millett

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What the administration did, the Justice Department, the leadership of the former President, goes even beyond Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon had an enemies list. This is about undermining the rule of law.

– New York

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Joe Biden has a historic opportunity to be a great president, but I think they should learn the lesson of the Johnson administration's errors that elected Richard Nixon and the Carter administration's errors that elected Ronald Reagan.

– Larry Summers

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I believe the constitutional purpose of impeachment is to remove a president from office, not to punish a person after Senate GOP leaders have left office, no consideration was given to impeach President Nixon when he left office in 1974. The Constitution hasn't changed and the Congress should not set a new, destructive precedent.

– Roy Blunt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think the reasoning of Nixon( case) could be a problem for any Trump litigation effort.

– Ross Garber

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Pat Nixon is the most recent example I can think of of a first lady who compares at all to Melania Trump, as Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight.

– Kate Andersen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight.

– Kate Andersen

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Re-election campaigns celebrate accomplishments. Think Nixon in 1972 or Reagan in 1984.

– Kathryn Brownell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Richard Nixon was Richard Nixon, and Richard Nixon was driven out of office by the Republican Party. Richard Nixon people used to say no one died at Watergate, and there's a certain truth to that. Two hundred thousand people have died at this, and Trump, by taking remedial action by being honest with the American people, which I — he just didn't understand, does not understand the people he leads.

– Bob Woodward

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I saw him grab one of their arms when they were lifting him up in the stretcher and that was when I knew he would be okay, i don't look at Sonja Nixon Frazier as a hero. This is what I was supposed to do. It doesn't matter who he was or what skin color he had. I knew I was there to save his life. But it really was overwhelming emotionally. After I just smoked a cigarette and cried.

– Sonja Nixon Frazier

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The likely real driver is( Pompeo's) speech on Thursday at the Nixon Library on China, it culminates a month of China speeches by National Security Advisor O'Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Attorney General Barr. Having something big to announce or explain will give the speech more' umph'.

– James Green

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I haven't seen anything like this, there have obviously been presidents who criticize the press and try to limit their access. Almost every president had some kind of tension with the press and some like Richard Nixon create their own enemies list. FDR used fireside chats as a way to control his message around conservative newspaper publishers. But now we are in a whole different ballgame.

– Julian Zelizer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that United States is in the public interest to get reelected, thats simply false. I started my speech in The Senate by saying I completely support the impeachment of [ Richard ] Nixon, who everything he did, he did because he wanted to get reelected. And clearly he thought his reelection was in the public interest.

– Alan Dershowitz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

By the time the vote was taken in the Judiciary Committee to impeach Richard Nixon, the country understood it and they agreed with it, this should be a healing effort, not a divisive effort, if it happens.

– Zoe Lofgren

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I have never said that a president can do anything if he believes that his election is in the public interest to get reelected, thats simply false. I started my speech in the Senate by saying I completely support the impeachment of [Richard] Nixon, who everything he did, he did because he wanted to get reelected. And clearly he thought his reelection was in the public interest.

– Alan Dershowitz

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The president -- President Nixon's misconduct related to trying to use the levers of government to hide the Watergate burglary... President Trump misconduct had to do with trying to throw the election but at least it didn't involve involving other foreign nations, if you take a look at the -- what the founding fathers were concerned about, it was the interference by foreign governments in our political system that was one of the gravest concerns. Nixon's behavior didn't fall into that range. So in that way, this conduct is more serious.

– Zoe Lofgren

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I mean, what the president did was so much worse than even what Richard Nixon did, that at some point Richard Nixon cared about the country enough to recognize that this could not continue.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is very prayerful because impeaching is a divisive thing in our country. It's hard, and the place that our country is now, it's not a time where Nancy Pelosi go to 70 % when people, when President Nixon walked out of the White House. It wasn't there before President Nixon left. Even two weeks before President Nixon left.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There are some signs this is wearing thin for the American people and that they are actually attending to the content of the investigations, once the public hearings begin the public will focus on the actual charges. That is what happened with President Richard Nixon in 1974 in the Watergate hearings.

– Claire Finkelstein

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Richard Nixon had to turn over arguably privileged materials, here there's no claim of executive privilege, the tax returns were before Richard Nixon was president, Richard Nixon's not going to be arrested.

– Jeffrey Rosen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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