"Obviously, crime pays, or there'd be no crime."
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As quoted in "Does Crime Pay" in The Scandal Annual (1987) by the Paragon Project, p. 7
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G. Gordon Liddy
George Gordon Battle Liddy (born 30 November 1930 — March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, and actor. He was involved in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon administration. Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in Watergate.
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