Richard Nixon

"You know, I always wondered about that taping equipment but I'm damn glad we have it, aren't you?"

President Nixon actually said this to Watergate co-conspirator H.R. Haldeman in April 1973, weeks before the U.S. Senate began its nationally televised hearings. Oh, Tricky Dick, you so crazy.

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