Nixon’s Famed Speech of 50 Years Ago Has Much Wisdom for Our Own Era of Scandal and Manichean Politics
The 37th president rejected ‘the cynical view that politics is inevitably or even usually a dirty business.’ A year later he was forced from office.
For a historical pointer to our current era — special counsels, political scandals potentially verging into criminality, congressional investigations, popular disillusionment — it’s hard to beat the Nixon presidency.
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