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See U.S. president Richard M. Nixon speaking about the Watergate scandal

See U.S. president Richard M. Nixon speaking about the Watergate scandal

U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon speaking about the release of the Watergate tapes (“I am not a crook”), November 17, 1973.
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Transcript

PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON: . . . in all of my years of public life, I have never profited--never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their president's a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.
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