The Watergate Scandal in United States History (11 page)

2
. James McCord,
A Piece of Tape
, quoted in David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace,
The People’s Almanac #2
(New York: Bantam, 1978), p. 99.

3
. Hunt, p. 2.

4
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 161.

Chapter 2
. “I Had to Win”

1
. Steve Tally,
Bland Ambition
(San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992), p. 296.

2
. Ibid., p. 295.

3
.
Chicago Daily News
, August 8, 1974, p. 6.

4
. David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace,
The People’s Almanac
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975), p. 318.

5
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Education of a Politician
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987), p. 140.

6
. Richard M. Nixon,
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
(New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978), p. 53.

7
. David Halberstam,
The Fifties
(New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993), p. 13.

8
. Wallechinsky and Wallace, p. 319.

9
. Ibid.

10
. Richard M. Nixon,
Six Crises
(Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1962), p. 102.

11
. Richard Nixon, “Checkers Speech, September 23, 1952,” on
Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century
, Rhino Word Beat, 1993.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Wallechinsky and Wallace, p. 320.

14
. Ibid., p. 321.

15
. Tally, p. 312.

16
. Ambrose, p. 571.

17
. Gerald S. Strober and Deborah Hart Strober,
Nixon: An Oral History of His Presidency
(New York: HarperPerennial, 1994), p. 9.

18
. Richard Nixon, “Postelection Press Conference, November 1962,” on
Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century
, Rhino Word Beat, 1993.

19
. Tally, p. 310.

20
. Richard Nixon, “Postelection Press Conference,”
Great Speeches.

Chapter 3
. “White House Horrors”

1
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 180.

2
. Ibid., p. 49.

3
. Emery, p. 61.

4
. Lewis Chester, Cal McCrystal, Stephen Aris, and William Showcross,
Watergate: The Full Inside Story
(New York: Ballantine, 1973), p. 16.

5
. G. Gordon Liddy,
Will
(New York: St. Martin’s, 1980), p. 193.

6
.
New York Times
staff,
The Watergate Hearings: Break-in and Cover-up
(New York: Bantam, 1973), p. 836.

7
. Gerald S. Strober and Deborah Hunt Strober,
Nixon: An Oral History of His Presidency
(New York: HarperPerennial, 1994), p. 273.

8
. Emery, p. 99.

9
. Chester et al., p. 98.

10
. Emery, p. 96.

11
. Ibid., p. 91.

12
. Ibid., p. 94.

13
. Chester et al., p. 142.

14
. Liddy, p. 215.

15
. Chester et al., p. 161.

Chapter 4
. “A Cancer Growing on the Presidency”

1
. Lewis Chester, Cal McCrystal, Stephen Aris, and William Shawcross,
Watergate: The Full Inside Story
(New York: Ballantine, 1973), p. 161.

2
. Richard M. Nixon,
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
(New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978), p. 626.

3
. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward,
All the President’s Men
(New York: Warner, 1976), p. 24.

4
. Ibid., p. 132.

5
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 153.

6
. Nixon, p. 640.

7
. Chester et al., p. 183.

8
. Ibid., p. 191.

9
. Mercer Cross, ed.,
Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis
(Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1973), p. 11.

10
. Chester et al., p. 229.

11
. Emery, p. 262.

12
. Ibid., p. 274.

13
. Nixon, p. 648.

14
. Emery, p. 241.

15
. Ibid., p. 353.

16
. Chester et al., p. 246.

Chapter 5
. America’s Political Soap Opera

1
.
New York Times
staff,
The Watergate Hearings: Break-in and Cover-up
(New York: Bantam, 1973), p. 44.

2
. Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy
(New York: Random House, 1980), p. 117.

3
. Mercer Cross, ed.,
Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis
(Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1973), p. 12.

4
.
New York Times
staff, p. 9.

5
. Cross, p. 64.

6
. Ibid., p. 114.

7
. Lewis Chester, Cal McCrystal, Stephen Aris, and William Shawcross,
Watergate: The Full Inside Story
(New York: Ballantine, 1973), p. 259.

8
. Chester et al., p. 263.

9
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 201.

Chapter 6
. “I Will Not Resign If Indicted!”

1
. Paul F. Boller, Jr.,
Presidential Campaigns
(New York: Oxford, 1984), p. 321.

2
. Steve Tally,
Bland Ambition
(San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992), p. 338.

3
. Boller, p. 324.

4
. Gerald S. Strober and Deborah Hart Strober,
Nixon: An Oral History of His Presidency
(New York: HarperPerennial, 1994), p. 267.

5
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 223.

6
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 383.

7
. Tally, p. 343.

8
. Ambrose, p. 339.

9
. Ibid., p. 238.

Chapter 7
. “Saturday Night Massacre”

1
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 233.

2
. Gerald S. Strober and Deborah Hart Strober,
Nixon: An Oral History of His Presidency
(New York: HarperPerennial, 1994), p. 366.

3
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 357.

4
. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,
The Final Days
(New York: Avon, 1976), p. 62.

5
. Ibid., p. 314.

6
. John J. Sirica,
To Set the Record Straight: The Break-In, The Tapes, The Conspirators, The Pardon
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1979), p. 152.

7
. Ambrose, p. 247.

8
. Ambrose, p. 249.

9
. Ibid., p. 250.

Chapter 8
. “Sinister Forces”

1
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 411.

2
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 264.

3
. Ibid., p. 277.

4
. Richard M. Nixon,
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
(New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978), p. 950.

5
. Richard Nixon, “November 7, 1973, Television Address,” on
Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century
, Rhino Word Beat, 1993.

6
. Ambrose, p. 298.

7
. Ibid., p. 296.

8
. Emery, p. 428.

9
. John J. Sirica,
To Set the Record Straight: The Break-in, The Tapes, The Conspirators, The Pardon
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1979), p. 216.

10
. Ambrose, p. 337.

11
. Ibid., p. 332.

12
.
Chicago Daily News
, August 8, 1974, p. 8.

13
. Ambrose, p. 327.

14
. Emery, p. 430.

15
. David Halberstam,
The Powers That Be
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979), p. 700.

Chapter 9
. “The Smoking Pistol”

1
. David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace,
The People’s Almanac #2
(New York: Bantam, 1978), p. 98.

2
. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,
The Final Days
(New York: Avon, 1976), p. 254.

3
. Fred Emery,
Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), p. 445.

4
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 308.

5
. Stephen E. Ambrose,
Nixon: Ruin and Recovery 1973–1990
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), p. 384.

6
. Leon Jaworski
, The Right and the Power: The Prosecution of Watergate
(New York: Reader’s Digest, 1976), p. 204.

7
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 280.

8
. Ambrose, p. 397.

9
.
Chicago Daily News
, July 24, 1974, p. 13.

10
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 293.

11
.
Chicago Daily News
, July 24, p. 13.

12
. Ibid.

13
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 266.

14
. Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
The Whole Truth: The Watergate Conspiracy
(New York: Random House, 1980), p. 284.

15
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 369.

16
. Jaworski, p. 216.

17
. Ambrose, p. 410.

18
.
Chicago Daily News
, August 8, 1974, p. 10.

19
. Emery, p. 474.

20
.
Chicago Daily News
, August 8, 1974, p. 1.

21
. Emery, p. 478.

22
. Richard Nixon, “Resignation Speech, August 8, 1974,” on
Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century
, Rhino Word Beat, 1993.

23
.
Chicago Tribune
, August 9, 1974, p. 10.

24
. John J. Sirica,
To Set the Record Straight: The Break-in, The Tapes, The Conspirators, The Pardon
(New York: W. W. Norton, 1979), p. 230.

25
. Woodward and Bernstein, p. 455.

Chapter 10
. “Our Long National Nightmare”