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If asked to cite one quote from Richard Nixon, most people would probably respond with his infamous “I am not a crook.”
But he and his Republican inner circle clearly were crooks. Nixon was pardoned but 40 members of his White House staff, senior advisors, and GOP operatives were indicted or sent to prison. Politicians should be careful when they inadvertently provide the words that will define them and their era.
