Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "It was a very painful recognition for the American public, when they realised what was happening in the highest circles of the government. "
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "I thought for long time, that my words are enough even against four or five. Until the records got published it was like that.
I did not care, because I knew, I was speaking the truth. "
Nixon, Richard
(The prime minister of the USA) , speaking English:
- "I would like to tell to the viewers, that I committed mistakes. The people have the right to know, whether their president was a swindler or not. I am not one. "
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "To snap out of the situation was easier than to take everything on me which my superiors suggested to me.
I only said: you commit a mistake and I won’t be the scapegoat. I just fulfilled your commands. "
Nixon, Richard
(The prime minister of the USA) , speaking English:
- "“...John Dean has also resigned“"
Bernstein, Carl
(Journalist of the Washington Post ) , speaking English:
- "And by this time, the Nixon government started to attack us.
They tried to make us the “main actors” of the Watergate issue, instead of the president and his people. This was a bit of a scary situation."
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "I said, I don’t think our hushing up action would work. I didn’t know, how much he knew, but I was worrying more about what could happen with the White House.
Then I said that a “cancer” was destroying his presidency, and if he goes on like this, it would be completely destroyed."
Nixon, Richard
(The prime minister of the USA) , speaking English:
- "“...so help me God“"
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "I was in for the hushing up of the case.
The commands came right from the White House, and the president and the closer consultants were dealing with it. I thought, this will be the best for the presidency and was hoping that it would disappear somehow. I did not know how, but was hoping it would."
Bernstein, Carl
(Journalist of the Washington Post ) , speaking English:
- "The source, called Deep Throat fulfilled a very important role in the government at that time. He did not give new information, but verified that which was coming from other sources. So we knew, we could be sure about our things…"
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "They were sitting in a prison in Washington, and could appear the whole elections as a nightmare. "
Bernstein, Carl
(Journalist of the Washington Post ) , speaking English:
- "How did we work? Interestingly, only with traditional methods. We were knocking on many doors, and we never accepted “no” for an answer. "
Dean, John
(lawyer and Nixon consultant) , speaking English:
- "The hushing up was happening at full speed. The question, whether we should uncover, had never been asked."
Liddy, G.Gordon
(Watergate-burglar in 1974) , speaking English:
- "What did we want to achieve? Just to know as much as possible about the other party‘s issues. They were our opponents, rather politically than ideologically. "
Bernstein, Carl
(Journalist of the Washington Post ) , speaking English:
- "Well, to be honest, Bob and me, were not the most suitable people for the story. We were only local reporters. The only reason, we got the story was that it was a burglary, which we usually wrote about."
Nixon, Richard
(The prime minister of the USA) , speaking English:
- "„…so I resign from my presidential position“"
Bernstein, Carl
(Journalist of the Washington Post ) , speaking English:
- "The work we did with Bob did not have the goal to unseat the president. We wanted to dredge up the truth. And finally this happened."