"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."
"History never exactly repeats itself, but it does some rather good impressions."
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Source: Comparing the presidential styles of Richard Nixon and George W Bush. Quoted in Worse than Watergate (2004).
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