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in washington. >> many have tried to dissect the events of watergate. i lived them. >> this room and the next contain my archives. its magazines and newspaper articles, depositions, documents, everything related to watergate. >> i was 31 when i went to the nixon white house to work. >> i had no intention of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do. >> the job forever changed the trajectory of my life. >> were not on the road to fascism, but were dangerously cl...

Question because i thought we were all on the same team. >> the loyalty is about being a member of the group. that becomes the paramount value. if youre not loyal, then you get kicked out of the group so to maintain your tribal membership, you have to go along with whatever the leader says and thats incredibly dangerous. >> a vice president, a member of the cabinet, a member of congress who is a member of the presidents party, he should always consider that he is dispensable and should do what a...

President should go to a summit only if the stakes are worth the risks and the meeting is thoroughly programmed in advance. no president should go with an adversary unless he knows what is on the other side of the mountain. nicks op also wrote 10 rules he wished he could have carved into the wall of the oval office. the very first one of which is, quote, always be prepared to negotiate but never negotiate without being prepared. all of our ends rules are worth reading but none more than that fir...