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John Dean Quotes

born 1938 United States

John W. Dean III (born 1938) was White House counsel to Richard Nixon from 1970 to 1972.

United States
Lawyers

Also known as: Dean, John

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Eternal vigilance. Remember, no one said democracy would be easy.

Authoritarian Nightmare (2020)

We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that's growing.

I'm anything but skittish about government, but I must say this administration is truly scary and, given the times we live in, frighteningly dangerous.

This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration, Stated a bit more bluntly—how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.

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