But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things … - Fred F. Fielding

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Patriotism is not endlessly bragging that out country is the best; rather it is wanting one's country to be the best that it can be and helping it to be that best, which is a very different matter.

Fred F. Fielding

But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.

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The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.

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One regret I have is that I did not learn more about what was happening very early, so that I could have tried to stop people from engaging in illegal activities.

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It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years.

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It was frightening because it was the first time I had gotten a sense of how serious the problem was. It became clear from his notes that he felt the president himself was involved.

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Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day.

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