“If you are going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie.”

— Richard Nixon

To John Dean in April 1973 http://books.google.com/?id=JpRAAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22If+you+are+going+to+lie+you+go+to+jail+for+the+lie+rather+than+the+crime+So+believe+me+don't+ever+lie%22&pg=PA42. Dean was due to testify before the Senate Watergate Committee, which he did on 25 June 1973. <br class="br">1970s

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