Fill in the blank:
and, to the
that I did not meet that responsibility, to the
that within the law and in some cases going right to the edge of the law in trying to
Ehrlichmann, Haldeman, all the rest, as to how best to
their
, because I thought they were
innocent, that I came to the
, and under the
a reasonable person
that a cover up. I didn't think
coverup.
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What is the main verb of the first sentence above?
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Fill in the blank:
If I
to cover up, believe me, I
it. You know how I
it? So easily. I
it immediately after the election simply by giving clemency to everybody. And the whole thing
away. I
it because I said clemency was wrong.
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Do you think Nixon wishes he had "covered up" by giving clemency?
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I just can’t stand seeing somebody else cry. And I just . . . I must say I sort of cracked up, started to cry, pushed my chair back and that ended it for me . . and then I blurted it out. And I said “I’m sorry. I just hope I haven’t let you down.” Well, when I said “I just hope I haven’t let you down” that said it all. I had. I let down my friends. I let down the country. I let down our system of government, the dreams of all those young people who ought to get into government but who think it’s all too corrupt and the rest.
What do you think “let down” means?
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According to Nixon, what was the essential nature of his mistakes - political, intellectual, emotional . . . ? What does he say near the end that makes you think that?
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