More - John Dean Quotes

To me, this is not really and should not be a partisan question. I think it's a question of institutional pride of this body, of the Congress of the United States.

John Dean

 

I failed to convince President Nixon that morning and the rest, as they say, is history.

John Dean

 History

What could be built at this playground that would be totally cool?

John Dean

 

I found that in March of 1973, that Bob Haldeman, the White House chief of staff, was told by one of the lawyers over at the re-election committee that Jeb was saying to them that the plan to break in the Watergate had been approved by the president,

John Dean

 

With Bush, I've long thought this presidency has been swallowed by his vice president. Dick Cheney is not interested in uniting with anybody.

John Dean

 Dick Cheney

[Cheney's standing has suffered mainly because Libby emerges as such a liability. Fitzgerald threw the book at him not for anything he said to reporters but for what he said to the FBI and the grand jury. The indictments suggest that the aide whose aim was to spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor.] Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part, ... He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable.

John Dean

 Books And Reading

I think it's important that the committee sometimes hear from the dark side. Those of us from that perspective can add some insights that might not otherwise be available to a body like this.

John Dean

 Perspective

[Silicon Valley Bank, founded in 1983, focuses its efforts on serving high-tech and biotech businesses. It also makes a fair amount of real estate and commercial loans and caters to religious organizations.] Through the niche approach, we bring value-added knowledge of the industries, ... We are known as the bank that lends to emerging growth companies.

John Dean

 

That's when I realized that somebody like Rehnquist was absolutely ideal.

John Dean

 

Bill Rehnquist makes Barry Goldwater look like a liberal.

John Dean

 American Lawyer