John Dean

“I began by telling the president that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and that if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it.”

“The cover-up was so successful that it nearly succeeded in undoing the Constitution.”

“Well, Watergate is a sad story. It's a story of human failings, of intrigue, of power, of abuse of power.”

“The truth is always the best way. It's not the easiest way, but it's the best way.”

“We have a cancer within, close to the presidency, that is growing.”

“I was a participant in the cover-up. I was not a mastermind.”

“To ask a man to give up his life for his country is a great sacrifice; to ask a man to give up his country for his life is a greater sacrifice.”

“The fact of the matter is that the cover-up was a criminal conspiracy.”

“I don't think there's any question but that the chief of staff of the president of the United States is going to be a very powerful man.”

“It is a story of a lot of people who were caught up in something that they didn't really understand.”