25 Quotes by John Dean

And it's very interesting -- Nixon has no reaction on the tape that I saw.

Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it.

I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed the president himself would be killed by it.

Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.

Bush had expertise in one thing: How to run a Presidential campaign. He understands campaigns and Presidential politics. He has no interest or disposition or I think probably - he's not stupid, but he's not bright, he's not a rocket scientist - he isn't interested in policy.

I've been surfing so many years and it's a pretty strong part of my life so I'm not gonna give that up.

Doing time is like climbing a mountain wearing roller skates.

History never exactly repeats itself, but it does some rather good impressions.

Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was deeply involved in Watergate and stayed with him for a long time. It's a natural tendency.