“Let me make one thing clear. Those who have had a chance for four years and could not produce peace should not be given another chance.” - Richard Milhous Nixon, October 9, 1969.
@@j.grimes4420 it was his paranoia that ended his career. I do respect his Paris Peace Accords, but Watergate was a result of his fear of possibly losing the election, and he wrong for doing the events of Watergate.
Remember this: You think being the least popular kid in your school is bad, think having work everyday is bad… Be grateful you’re not Nixon, he had to work on high alert in the Cold War and get his presidency all thrown away after a document scandal…… be grateful
As Nixon went to sleep the night after he resigned, he was not greeted by a simple dream, but the visage of his dog Checkers and Dwight Eisenhower. “Why did you do it Richard?” Ike said “You could have been the president to finally achieve world peace with the Soviets. You could have been the president to finally create a free and stable society. Instead you betrayed the trust of the American people. Instead you became a criminal, you became a crook.” Nixon shook at the sight of his late brother-in-law’s words, his words coming out in a choked sob “Dwight you have to understand, I had to do it! I couldn’t jeapordize my plan of law and order by letting McGovern beat me. Détente was in danger, America could never go back to the days where we were scared of a bomb dropping every day! Riots would have become common again!” Nixon broke out into tears Eisenhower coldly stared at his brother-in-law in disdain, not moved by his pleas “But at what cost Dick? You betrayed the trust of the American people. They will never trust their government again, all because you wanted to gain the edge in an election you would have won anyways. Your actions will destroy America in a slow painful death.” Nixon, shocked at the coldness of his once kind brother-in-law shouted “Please! You have to understand…” Nixon broke down as his dog Checkers approached him “Now you will suffer the consequences of your actions. You will be forced to live the rest of your life as you see the slow decay of America, constantly facing ridicule and hate wherever you go. And after you die? You will be forced to watch it all still. You will never rest, you will stir forever in the minds of America as a symbol of evil, a symbol of government corruption. You turned into what you said you stood against, and now you will only be seen as just that, no matter what good you did.” As the images of Checkers and Eisenhower fade away, Nixon awakes. His life will continue, but he will never live a happy life again. And once he dies there will be no salvation, only pain and misery. The same pain and misery of a dying nation crying for help.
If Watergate never happened, Nixon would've been ranked among top 10 presidents easily.Dude was insanely popular nationwide even among liberals and hippies.
As Nixon walked into the sunset he looked behind him to the people all stood waiting for him to speak He did nothing and simply held his hands high and turned on his heel into the chopper as he sat watching the ground go further he thought to himself Was it all worth it?
That face you make when you lead one of the most successful and impactful Presidential terms in history, improving the lives of tens of millions of Americans, only to have your career mired by the legacy of scandal. Rest in Peace, 37.
This guy got such a raw deal. The man was innocent, but they couldn't stand that he was making a real difference in the lives of Americans like you and me.
His staff was guilty, and he did attempt to cover it up for them. I think ford was right to pardon him, however I do think that trying to shelter the perpetrators was his greatest error
@@logan3093The man was in a complicated position. I'm not from the US, but even though I don't justify what he did, it never ceases to amaze me how his entire career was terminated by a deliberate prosecution that if done to any random president before or after him, would most likely result in a lot of the same and much more worse type of things coming to light, but instead they lead a peaceful life with relatively clean reputations. Nixon was not a bad president at all, he is by no means any worse than any other, yet he was the one who was purposely targeted and victimized and ended up with a name forever stained. And the worst part is, they have been and currently are trying to do the same with Trump. Nixon will always have a stained name, remembered for a scandal unlike the great majority of presidents and It just baffles me so much how extremely unfair that is, that I can't even bring myself to condemn him as much.
@@hwyrup201 The president is not above the law if you break the law and do crooked things you deserve to be punished. I agree Nixon made some great presidential moves but I don't feel sorry for him. I think your saying people tarnish presidents names by exposing crooked actions but that is deserved. Both Nixon and Trump deserve what they get/got because if your do illegal things you should be treated as if someone like you and me did said thing. Trump, Nixon, and no president is greater than it's people.
He was aware of what his staff did and tried to cover for them. That is not innocence. Good politician who would’ve been a lot better off in an un democratic state (eg. Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico)
I shall not slander the fair state of Massachusetts nor the state of New York by saying that when citizens are confronted with the proposition, “Is this nation able to attend to its own business?”-I will not slander either one by saying that the people of those states will declare our helpless impotency as a nation to attend to our own business. It is the issue of 1776 over again. Our ancestors, when but 3 million, had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation upon earth. Shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to 70 million, declare that we are less independent than our forefathers? No, my friends, it will never be the judgment of this people. Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is good but we cannot have it till some nation helps us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we shall restore bimetallism, and then let England have bimetallism because the United States have. If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost, having behind us the producing masses of the nation and the world. Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold
Shame Joe Biden doesn't have a theme song. This would fit as his wife pretends all is fine and his son is doing lines in the oval office as the democrats are turning on the family one by one.
