"He accepted the realities of the world and would have gone down as a great President if it had not been for the trivial scandal of the Watergate."
— Richard Nixon

January 1, 1970

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Presidents of the United StatesPoliticians from CaliforniaQuakersUnited States presidential candidates, 1972United States presidential candidates, 1968
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Sources

A. J. P. Taylor, 'The Sad Case of Mr. Clean', The Sunday Express (October 23, 1977), p. 16